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B. stearothermophilus strain AG-49, when cultivated in mineral medium in the presence of silica (SA), adhered to SA. Adhesion depended on age of culture, contact time and glucose concentration of the culture medium. Mid-exponential phase culture (5 h) required minimum contact time (30 min) for maximum adhesion. 0.6% glucose concentration was optimum. Quantitative variation in protein and saccharide extractable in sodium chloride and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was observed. Five % degradation of fenitrothion by adherentB. stearothermophilus could be achieved in 4 d.
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Kumari, B., Guha, A., Bora, T.C. et al. Degradation of fenitrothion byBacillus stearothermophilus adhering to silica. Folia Microbiol 43, 23–26 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02815535
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