Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.

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...

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Main Authors: Ramin, M., Alimon, Abdul Razak, Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Abdullah, Norhani
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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
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author Ramin, M.
Alimon, Abdul Razak
Sijam, Kamaruzaman
Abdullah, Norhani
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Alimon, Abdul Razak
Sijam, Kamaruzaman
Abdullah, Norhani
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description 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 strain Razmin A, Enterobacter aerogenes strain Razmin B, Enterobacter cloacae strain Razmin C, Acinetobacter strain Raminalimon and Chryseobacterium kwangyangense strain Cb. The Gen Bank NCBI/EMBL accession numbers for the bacterial strains were EU294508, EU305608, EU305609, EU332791 and EU169201, respectively. The ability of bacterial cultures to grow in this medium as well as to digest the filter paper was determined by visual observation after 30 days. All bacterial cultures showed growth as the medium turned cloudy and the filter paper became macerated. Chryseobacterium kwangyangense strain Cb showed yellow pigmented colonies on the filter paper. Bacillus cereus strain Razmin A showed clumps of degraded filter paper with black dots.
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spelling upm.eprints-147542015-10-30T01:21:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14754/ Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut. Ramin, M. Alimon, Abdul Razak Sijam, Kamaruzaman Abdullah, Norhani 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 strain Razmin A, Enterobacter aerogenes strain Razmin B, Enterobacter cloacae strain Razmin C, Acinetobacter strain Raminalimon and Chryseobacterium kwangyangense strain Cb. The Gen Bank NCBI/EMBL accession numbers for the bacterial strains were EU294508, EU305608, EU305609, EU332791 and EU169201, respectively. The ability of bacterial cultures to grow in this medium as well as to digest the filter paper was determined by visual observation after 30 days. All bacterial cultures showed growth as the medium turned cloudy and the filter paper became macerated. Chryseobacterium kwangyangense strain Cb showed yellow pigmented colonies on the filter paper. Bacillus cereus strain Razmin A showed clumps of degraded filter paper with black dots. Academic Journals Inc 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14754/1/Filter%20paper%20degradation%20by%20bacteria%20isolated%20from%20local%20termite%20gut.pdf Ramin, M. and Alimon, Abdul Razak and Sijam, Kamaruzaman and Abdullah, Norhani (2008) Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut. Research Journal of Microbiology, 3 (8). pp. 565-568. ISSN 1816-4935 10.3923/jm.2008.565.568 English
spellingShingle Ramin, M.
Alimon, Abdul Razak
Sijam, Kamaruzaman
Abdullah, Norhani
Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.
title Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.
title_full Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.
title_fullStr Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.
title_full_unstemmed Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.
title_short Filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut.
title_sort filter paper degradation by bacteria isolated from local termite gut
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14754/1/Filter%20paper%20degradation%20by%20bacteria%20isolated%20from%20local%20termite%20gut.pdf
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