Biphasic extracellular proteolytic enzyme activity in benthic water and sediment in the northwestern mediterranean sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1619-1626

  Tholosan, Olivier ^a   Lamy, François ^a   Garcin, Jean ^a   Polychronaki, Thalia ^b   Bianchi, Armand ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BENTHOS; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEA; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032963894     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1619-1626.1999     Document Type: Article

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