A review of the microbiological aspect of α-amylase production

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1029-1034

  Hussain, Iftikhar ^a   Siddique, Faisal ^a   Mahmood, Muhammad Shahid ^a   Ahmed, Saiyed I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Amylase; Bacillus licheniformis; Characterization; Hydrolysis; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886280209     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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