Comparative study on production of α-Amylase from Bacillus licheniformis strains

Alpha amylase (α-1, 4-glucan-glucanhydrolase, EC 3.2.1.1), an extracellular enzyme, degrades α, 1-4 glucosidic linkages of starch and related substrates in an endo-fashion producing oligosaccharides including maltose, glucose and alpha limit dextrin (7). The present study deals wit...

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Main Authors: Dibu Divakaran, Aswathi Chandran, R Pratap Chandran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822011000400022