Isolation and characterization of endoglucanases produced by microbes residing in the gut of Coptotermes curvignathus termite

• Main Authors: H. H. L., Monica, King, Patricia Jie Hung, Ong, Kian Huat, Bong, Joseph Choon Fah, Mahadi, Nor Muhammad
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: World Research Journals 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54634/1/Isolation%20and%20characterization%20of%20endoglucanases%20produced%20by%20microbes%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54634/

Bacteria and enzymes in the gut of termites play an important role to digest lignocellulosic material. Coptotermes curvignathus is one of the very few destructive species that can infest living plants. In this study, five bacteria isolated from C. curvignathus gut; four aerobic Bacillus spp. and an...