A novel pH and thermo-tolerant halophilic alpha-amylase from moderate halophile Nesterenkonia sp. strain F: gene analysis, molecular cloning, heterologous expression and biochemical characterization.

A novel pH and thermo-tolerate halophilic alpha-amylase from moderately halophilic bacterium, Nesterenkonia sp.strain F was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. 16S rRNA sequence of the strain shared 99.