Isolation of a new thermohalophilic Thermus thermophilus strain from hot spring, able to grow on a renewable source of polysaccharide

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-49

  Romano, Ida ^a   Lama, Licia ^a   Schiano Moriello, Vincenzo ^a   Poli, Annarita ^a   Gambacorta, Agata ^a   Nicolaus, Barbara ^a  

^a Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Lipid; Polysaccharide; Thermozyme; Thermus

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL DIVISION; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TOMATO; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; HOT SPRINGS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; POLYSACCHARIDES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0842331884     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000009459.36006.6f     Document Type: Article

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