Production of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase and chitinase by aeromonas species isolated from river fish

Fisheries Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-158

  Sugita, Haruo ^a   Yamada, Shogo ^a   Konagaya, Yukifumi ^a,b   Deguchi, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromonas spp; Chitinase; Fluorogenic substrate; Intestinal bacteria; River fish; N acetylglucosaminidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001022581     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.65.155     Document Type: Article

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