Isolation and characterization of a heavy metal-resistant, thermophilic esterase from a Red Sea Brine Pool

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mohamed, Yasmine M ^a   Ghazy, Mohamed A ^a   Sayed, Ahmed ^a   Ouf, Amged ^a   El Dorry, Hamza ^a   Siam, Rania ^a  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; HEAVY METAL; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HEAT; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; ESTERASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIAN OCEAN; METAGENOME; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84889602950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03358     Document Type: Article

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