title: Thermostable, Raw-Starch-Digesting Amylase from Bacillus stearothermophilus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nanmori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shinke