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Five anaerobic proteolytic bacteria were isolated from water bodies of Leh, India, where the ambient temperature varies from −25 to 25 °C. Isolates showed growth at all temperatures ranging from 5 to 37 °C except SPL-4 and SPL-5 which showed no growth at 5 °C. The cultures could grow and produce proteases on various protein substrates and the yield varied with the substrates. Two of the cultures showed the presence of spores. Acetate was the dominant VFA during hydrolysis of protein substrates.
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Dube, S., Alam, S. & Singh, L. Studies on anaerobic proteolytic bacteria of Leh, India. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 16, 297–301 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008935425175
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