Screening of bacteriophages producing endo-N-acetylneuraminidase

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-93

  Miyake, Katsuhide ^a   Muraki, Tsutomu ^a   Hattori, Kouji ^a   Machida, Yuichi ^a   Watanabe, Masaki ^a   Kawase, Mitsuo ^b   Yoshida, Yasuko ^b   Iijima, Shinji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NGK INSULATORS LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Colominic acid; Endo N acetylneuraminidase; Escherichia coli K1; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

COLOMINIC ACID; ENDO ACETYLNEURAMINIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SIALIC ACID;

FERMENTATION;

SIALIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030823718     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(97)82793-6     Document Type: Article

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