Isolation and characterization of three thermophilic bacterial strains (lipase, cellulose and amylase producers) from hot springs in Saudi Arabia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 8834-8839

  Khalil, Amjad ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Amylase; Cellulase; Hot springs; Lipase; Saudi Arabia; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMYLASE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; FUMARIC ACID; GALACTOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; RNA 16S; STARCH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVIBACILLUS BORSTELENESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINOCOCCALES; DEINOCOCUS GEOTHERMALS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HEAT TOLERANCE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOMACH SECRETION; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80051753290     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1907     Document Type: Article

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