Chitinolytic activity of pigmented Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas bacteria

Microbios

Volumn 87, Issue 350, 1996, Pages 53-57

  Andreeva, N B ^a   Sorokina, T A ^a   Khmel, I A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chitinolytic enzyme; Pseudomonas; Xanthomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030518873     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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