Jurnal Biologi Universitas Andalas
Vol 4, No 2 (2015)

Isolasi dan Karakterisasi Bakteri Amilotermofilik Dari Sumber Air Panas Sungai Medang

Rahmadani Eka Pitri (Laboratorium Mikrobiologi, Jurusan Biologi, FMIPA Universitas Andalas)
Anthoni Agustien (Laboratorium Mikrobiologi, Jurusan Biologi, FMIPA Universitas Andalas)
Fuji Astuti Febria (Laboratorium Mikrobiologi, Jurusan Biologi, FMIPA Universitas Andalas)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Jun 2015

Abstract

The research on isolation and characterization of amylothermophilic bacteria has been done in Research Laboratory of Microbiology, Biology Department, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty, Andalas University, Padang. The aimed to obtain amylothermophilic isolate and describe their characteristic. The study used purposive sampling method and descriptive analysis. The study results obtained four amylothermophilic isolates with amylolitic index ranged from 2.23 until 3.51 were different macroscopic characters, rod shape, motile and produce catalase enzyme, three isolates  were  Gram positive and spore forming, one isolate was  Gram negative.

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