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Amylases and Their Industrial Potential

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Thermophilic Moulds in Biotechnology

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Starch-degrading enzymes, amylases, have numerous applications in biotechnical industries e.g. in the starch industry, the brewing industry, the distilling industry, and in the textile industry.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, CBSH, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India

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  3. Department of General Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Jensen, B., Olsen, J. (1999). Amylases and Their Industrial Potential. In: Johri, B.N., Satyanarayana, T., Olsen, J. (eds) Thermophilic Moulds in Biotechnology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9206-2_5

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