Purification and characterization of three thermostable endochitinases of a noble Bacillus strain, MH-1, isolated from chitin-containing compost

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3397-3402

  Sakai, Kenji ^a   Yokota, Akira ^b   Kurokawa, Hajime ^a   Wakayama, Mamoru ^a   Moriguchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; ENDOCHITINASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031663817     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.9.3397-3402.1998     Document Type: Article

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