Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.

• Main Authors: Ramin, M., Alimon, Abdul Razak, Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Abdullah, Norhani
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Journals Inc 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14754/1/Filter%20paper%20degradation%20by%20bacteria%20isolated%20from%20local%20termite%20gut.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14754/

Bacterial strains isolated from the gut of the local termite Coptotermes curvignathus were inoculated into a buffered medium containing minerals and Whatman filter paper as the sole carbon source to observe the ability of the bacteria to digest solid substrate. The bacteria were Bacillus cereus stra...