Anoxybacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., a thermophilic amylase producing bacterium isolated from Mount Rittmann (Antarctica)

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-307

  Poli, Annarita ^a   Esposito, Enrico ^a   Lama, Licia ^a   Orlando, Pierangelo ^b   Nicolaus, Giancarlo ^c   de Appolonia, Francesca ^d   Gambacorta, Agata ^a   Nicolaus, Barbara ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^c IRBM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rRNA analysis; Amylase; Anoxybacillus; DNA DNA hybridization; Exopolysaccharide; Lipid; Taxonomy; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; GALACTOSE; ISOPRENOID; MALTOSE; MENAQUINONE; RIBOSOME RNA; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ANOXYBACILLUS AMYLOLYTICUS; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMOTAXONOMY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANOXYBACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646167833     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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