Preliminary studies on the production of endo-1,4-β-D-glucanases activity produced by Enterobacter cloacae

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1318-1322

  Sami, Amtul Jamil ^a   Awais, Muhammad ^a   Shakoori, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

4 D glucanase; Endo 1; Enterobacter cloacae

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELLULASE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE;

EID: 43449118112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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