Thermostable, Raw-Starch-Digesting Amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus.
An endospore-forming thermophilic bacterium, which produced amylase and was identified as Bacillus stearothermophilus, was isolated from soil. The amylase had an optimum temperature of 70 degrees C and strongly degraded wheat starch granules (93%) and potato starch granules (80%) at 60 degrees C.
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Department of Utilization of Biological Resources, Division of Science of Biological Resources, Graduate School of Science and Technology, and Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kobe University, Rokkodaicho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657, Japan.
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