SCREENING OF EXTREMLY HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA FOR ITS BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL.

Authors

  • VAISHNAVI U. DIGASKAR Life Science Research Centre,Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005, India.
  • REBECCA S. THOMBRE Department of Biotechnology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005, India.
  • RADHIKA S. OKE Department of Biotechnology, Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005, India.

Keywords:

Haloarchaea, Halophilic bacteria, Solar salterns, Hydrolytic enzymes

Abstract

Halophiles are salt loving organisms requiring about 3M- 5M NaCl concentration in their growth. Eleven halophilic archaea and nine bacteria were isolated from various samples from extremely high salt concentrated ecosystem from western parts of Maharashtra, India. The isolates were studied using morphological and biochemical studies. Most of the isolates were gram negative in nature. These organisms were tested for their ability to produce industrially important extracellular enzymes like caseinase, gelatinase, amylase, and protease. The current study indicates that, haloarchaea are of potential importance in pharmaceutical, industrial, textile and food industry.

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2015-03-31

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VAISHNAVI U. DIGASKAR, REBECCA S. THOMBRE, & RADHIKA S. OKE. (2015). SCREENING OF EXTREMLY HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA FOR ITS BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(1), 811–819. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.in/index.php/journal/article/view/4056

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Volume 6, Issue 1, 2015

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