Abstract:A filamentous, Gram-positive, spore forming aerobic bacterium was isolated from olive oil contaminated soil (Al Koura, Lebanon) on rhodamine agar plates at 60 C. The isolate, HRK-1 produced large quantities of an extracellular thermostable lipase which degrades olive oil. It was primarily classified as a Thermoactinomyces sp. due to the filamentous structure of its cells that bear one spore each on an un-branched sporophore, the resistance of its spores to boiling, utilisation of sucrose as a carbon source and… Show more
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