[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA FROM THE HOT SPRINGS OF GILGIT (PAKISTAN)",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Javed",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Zahoor",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Sabar",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Haq",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Babar",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2012]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "22",
  "issue": "1",
  "page": "83-87",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>The importance of thermostable biomolecules in the field of biotechnology has spurred research into organisms capable of growth at high temperatures. Three thermophilic bacterial strains GCTP-1, GCMB-1 and GCDP-1 were isolated from the hot springs of Tatta Pani, Murtazabad &amp; Darkut Pass respectively in the surroundings of Gilgit.&nbsp; All isolates have entire and slimy colonies while the cells were small rods, gram-negative non-motile and semi aerobic. Strains GCTP-1 showed positive results of ortho nitrophenyl-&beta;-D-galactopyranosidase (ONPG) and gelatin hydrolysis (GEL) tests other isolates gave negative results in all tests such as ortho nitrophenyl-&beta;D-galactopyranosidase, arginine dihydrolases, lysine decarboxlase, ornithine decarboxylases, citrate utilization, H2S production, urease, tryptophan deaminases, indole production, acetoin production, gelatin hydrolysis, Fermentation/oxidation (glucose, mannitol, inositol, sorbitol, rhamnose, sucrose, melibiose, amygdalin, arabinose) and&nbsp; cytochrome oxidase. All isolates were grown well at pH range 7&ndash;9, with optimum pH 7.2. However, isolates were highly thermophilic and showed optimum growth temperature 65- 70oC</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2012-JAPS-128"
}]