Physiological aspects of chitin catabolism in marine bacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1473, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 108-122

  Keyhani, Nemat O ^a   Roseman, Saul ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO FURNISSII;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHITIN; CHITINASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; VIBRIO; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO FURNISSII;

EID: 0032714186     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00172-5     Document Type: Review

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