Degradation of chicken feather a poultry waste product by keratinolytic bacteria isolated from dumping site at ghazipur poultry processing plant

International Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 482-489

  Agrahari, Sarita ^a   Wadhwa, Neeraj ^a  

^a JAYPEE INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Feather; Keratinolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLUMBA;

EID: 77956956498     PISSN: 16828356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.482.489     Document Type: Article

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