Chitinolytic activity of the acaropathogenic fungi Hirsutella thompsonii and Hirsutella necatrix

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 440-446

  Chernin, Leonid ^a   Gafni, Aviva ^a   Mozes Koch, Rita ^a   Gerson, Uri ^a   Sztejnberg, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acaropathogenic fungi; Chitohiase; Endochitinase; Hirsutella; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ELASTASE; ESTERASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ACARI; ARANEAE; FUNGI; HIRSUTELLA; HIRSUTELLA THOMPSONII; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS CINNABARINUS;

EID: 0030809293     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-062     Document Type: Article

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