Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic Bacillus sp. with protease activity isolated from hot spring of Tarabalo, Odisha, India.

Background And Objectives: Thermophilic bacteria are less studied but important group of microorganisms due to their ability to produce industrial enzymes.

Materials And Methods: In this study, thermophilic bacteria were isolated from hot spring of Tarabalo, India. A bacterium that could tolerate high temperatures was characterized by morphology, biochemistry and sequencing of its 16S rRNA gene.