A survey of amylolytic bacteria and fungi from native environmental samples

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-161

  Sohail, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Aqeel ^a   Shahzad, Saleem ^a   Khan, Shakeel Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 18944375446     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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