Intracellular Alginate-oligosaccharide Degrading Enzyme Activity that is Incapable of Degrading Intact Sodium Alginate from a Marine Bacterium Alteromonas sp.

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 320-324

  Sawabe, Tomoo ^a   Sawada, Chihiro ^a   Suzuki, Eri ^a   Ezura, Yoshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alteromonas; Intracellular alginate oligosaccharide degrading enzymes; Marine bacterium; Saturated diuronate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000236756     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.320     Document Type: Article

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