A basal-defined medium for the study of proteolytic activity of Serratia marcescens

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-91

  Bromke, Bruno J ^a   Venuti, Elaine ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Growth; Leucine; Proteolytic activity; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0033055919     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-45-1-88     Document Type: Article

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