Production of alkaline protease and larvicidal biopesticides by an Egyptian Bacillus sphaericus isolate

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3864-3873

  Afify, Abd El Moneim M R ^a   Aboul Soud, Mourad A M ^b   Foda, Mohammed S ^c   Sadik, Mahmoud W A ^a   Kahil, Tarek ^c   Asar, Amira R ^c   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alkaline protease; Bacillus sphaericus; Biopesticides; Fodder yeast; Larvicidal activity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CASEIN; GELATIN; LARVICIDAL AGENT; PESTICIDE;

AERATION; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; CULEX PIPIENS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGYPT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; MILK; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 70349167077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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