PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ALKALOTHERMOSTABLE, ORGANIC SOLVENT TOLERANT AND SURFACTANT TOLERANT ESTERASE PRODUCED BY A THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM GEOBACILLUS SP. AGP-04, ISOLATED FROM BAKRESHWAR HOT SPRING, INDIA

A thermophilic bacteria, Geobacillus sp. AGP-04, isolated from Surya Kund hot spring, Bakreshwar, West Bengal, India was studied in terms of capability of tributyrin hydrolysis and characterization of its thermostable esterase activity using p-nitrophenyl butyrate (PNPB) as substrate. The extracellu...

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Main Authors: Amit Ghati, Kaushik Sarkar, Goutam Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovak University of Agriculture 2013-10-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.jmbfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jmbfs-0391-Ghati.pdf