Organic solvent tolerance of Halobacterium sp. SP1(1) and its extracellular protease

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-425

  Akolkar, Aparna V ^a   Deshpande, Gauravi M ^a   Raval, Kandarp N ^a   Durai, Deepa ^a   Nerurkar, Anuradha S ^a   Desai, Anjana J ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Archaea; Extracellular protease; Extreme halophilies; Kandla salt pans; Organic solvent

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

DNA, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIUM; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLVENTS;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA SP.; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SP.; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX SP.;

EID: 55449102166     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200800012     Document Type: Article

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