Screening and isolation of halophilic bacteria producing industrially important enzymes

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1595-1603

  Kumar, Sumit ^a   Karan, Ram ^a   Kapoor, Sanjay ^b   Singh, S P ^c   Khare, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c SAURASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Halophiles; Halophilic enzymes; Hydrolases; Solvent stable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874391419     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822012000400044     Document Type: Article

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