Esterase and protease activities of Bacillus spp. from afitin, iru and sonru; three African locust bean (Parkia biglobosa) condiments from Benin

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-272

  Azokpota, Paulin ^a   Hounhouigan, Djidjoho Joseph ^a   Nago, Mathurin Coffi ^a   Jakobsen, Mogens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Bacillus subtilis; Esterase and protease activity; Fermentation; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CASEIN; ESTERASE; PROTEINASE; TRIBUTYRIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEAN; BENIN; CONDIMENT; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STARTER CULTURE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARKIA BIGLOBOSA; PARKIA FILICOIDEA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 33645691115     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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