Isolation and characterization of aerobic thermophilic bacteria from the savusavu hot springs in Fiji

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-352

  Narayan, Vinay V ^a   Hatha, Mohamed A ^a,b   Morgan, Hugh W ^c   Rao, Dhana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Hot Springs; Hydrolytic enzymes; Novel bacteria; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANOXYBACILLUS FLAVITHERMUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS; THERMUS; THERMUS SP.;

EID: 70349917781     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME08105     Document Type: Article

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