Fungi from koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faeces exhibit a broad range of enzyme activities against recalcitrant substrates
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Multifarious activities of cellulose degrading bacteria from Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faeces
Cellulose degrading bacteria from koala faeces were isolated using caboxymethylcellulose-Congo red agar, screened in vitro for different hydrolytic enzyme activities and phylogenetically characterized using molecular tools. Bacillus sp. and Pseudomonas sp. were the most prominent bacteria from koala faeces. The isolates demonstrated good xylanase, amylase, lipase, protease, tannase and lignin p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Letters in Applied Microbiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0266-8254,1472-765X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.2008.02513.x