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ArticleOpen life sciences2018

Hydrolytic Enzyme Production by Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated from Saudi Hot Springs.

Sulaiman Alrumman, Yasser S Mostafa Mostafa, Shekha Al-Qahtani, Tarek H Taha Taha

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Article in Open life sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sulaiman AlrummanDepartment of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
Yasser S Mostafa MostafaDepartment of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
Shekha Al-QahtaniDepartment of Biology, College of Science, University of Bisha, P.O. Box 551, Bisha 61922, Saudi Arabia.
Tarek H Taha TahaEnvironmental Biotechnology Department, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute, City of Scientific Research & Technological Applications, P.O. Box: 21934, Alexandria, Egypt.
King Khalid University · SACity of Scientific Research and Technological Applications · EGUniversity of Bisha · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrolytic enzyme production by thermophilic bacteria isolated from hot springs in the southern region of Saudi Arabia was investigated. The physical and chemical properties of the hot springs prove to be an important environment for hydrolytic-enzyme-producing thermophilic bacteria. Eighty-four bacterial isolates were obtained from three hot springs: Al-Majardah, Al-Khubah and Al-Ardah. Screening of the isolates for enzyme production indicated that 78 isolates showed activity for one or more enzymes. Molecular identification and phylogenic analysis of selected promising isolates confirmed the identity of the isolates as

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EnzymesHot springsKitchen wasteProductionThermophilic bacteria

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PMID33817116
PMCPMC7874730
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