Recent discoveries and applications of Anoxybacillus

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1475-1488

  Goh, Kian Mau ^a   Kahar, Ummirul Mukminin ^a   Chai, Yen Yen ^a   Chong, Chun Shiong ^a   Chai, Kian Piaw ^a   Ranjani, Velayudhan ^a   Illias, Rosli Md ^a   Chan, Kok Gan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacillaceae; Bacillus; Biomass; Bioremediation; Geobacillus; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CLONING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES;

BACILLACEAE; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL WASTES; ENZYME TECHNOLOGY; GENOMIC ANALYSIS; GEOBACILLUS; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; THERMOPHILE;

WASTE TREATMENT;

4 TRANS HYDROXY PROLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHAPERONIN 60; CYCLO(ALANINE 4 HYDROXYL PROLINE); CYCLO(PROLINE GLYCINE); CYCLOMALTODEXTRIN GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; ESTERASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HYDROGEN; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PIPERAZINEDIONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PULLULANASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 16S; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOENERGY; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGNIN; NEW GENUS; PROTEIN; WASTE TREATMENT;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANOXYBACILLUS; BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CULTURE MEDIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOBACILLUS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW;

ANOXYBACILLUS; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); GEOBACILLUS;

EID: 84874360607     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4663-2     Document Type: Review

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