Isolation and identification of a feather degrading Bacillus tropicus strain Gxun-17 from marine environment and its enzyme characteristics

Abstract Background Feathers are the most abundant agricultural waste produced by poultry farms. The accumulation of a large number of feathers not only seriously pollutes the environment but also causes the waste of protein resources. The degradation of feather waste by keratinase-producing strains...

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Main Authors: Naikun Shen, Mengying Yang, Chenjie Xie, Jiangxin Pan, Kunrong Pang, Hongyan Zhang, Yibing Wang, Mingguo Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-03-01
Series:BMC Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12896-022-00742-w