Production of chitinase and β-N-acetylglucosaminidase by intestinal bacteria of Pinnipedian animals

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 275-278

  Sugita, H ^a   Kumazawa, J ^a   Deguchi, Y ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA;

CALIFORNIA SEA LION; CHITINASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUOROGENICS; FUR SEALS; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; MICROFLORAE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; SEA LIONS;

ANIMALS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; CHITINASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; SEAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0029827885     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb00188.x     Document Type: Article

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