Novel isolation of thermophilic Ureibacillus terrenus from compost of empty fruit bunches (EFB) of oil palm and its enzymatic activities

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 162-164

  Ting, Adeline Su Yien ^a   Tay, Huiqing ^a   Peh, Ka Lin ^b   Tan, Wei Shang ^a   Tee, Chong Siang ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Compost; Crude enzymes; Empty fruit bunch; Hydrolytic enzymes; Ligninase; Ureibacillus terrenus

Indexed keywords

ELAEIS; UREIBACILLUS TERRENUS;

EID: 84877603078     PISSN: 18788181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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