African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Recovery of silver from used X-ray film using alkaline protease from Bacillus subtilis sub sp. subtilis

Amira Hassan Al-Abdalall*
  • Amira Hassan Al-Abdalall*
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dammam, El-Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Eida Marshid Al-Khaldi
  • Eida Marshid Al-Khaldi
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Dammam, El-Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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  •  Received: 14 March 2016
  •  Accepted: 09 June 2016
  •  Published: 29 June 2016

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