Degradation of agarophytic red algal cell wall components by new crude enzyme preparations

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-389

  Nikolaeva, E V ^b   Usov, A I ^a   Sinitsyn, A P ^b   Tambiev, A H ^b  

^a N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agarase activity; Enzyme preparation; Red seaweed cell wall degradation

Indexed keywords

AGARASE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; CELL ISOLATION; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMIC DEGRADATION; PROTEINASE; PROTOPLAST ISOLATION; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; RED ALGA;

CYTOPHAGA DIFFLUENS; LITTORINA LITTOREA; URONEMA MARINUM;

EID: 0032796266     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008170722877     Document Type: Article

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