Wool-degrading Bacillus isolates: Extracellular protease production for microbial processing of fabrics

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1047-1052

  Infante, Inés ^a   Morel, Maria A ^a   Ubalde, Martha C ^a   Martínez Rosales, Cecilia ^a   Belvisi, Silvia ^b   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b Paylana SA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Protease; Wool

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHEMICAL PROCESSING; DEGRADING ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEASE; METALLO-PROTEASE; OPTIMUM ACTIVITY; PROTEASE PRODUCTION; SOLE CARBON; STATIONARY PHASE; TEXTILE PRODUCTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM; CARBON FIBERS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FABRICS; FIBERS; MAGNESIUM; RNA; TEXTILE PROCESSING; YARN;

WOOL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CALCIUM; CARBON FIBERS; FABRIC; FIBERS; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; WOOL; YARN;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77952236083     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0268-z     Document Type: Article

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