Use of a chiA probe for detection of chitinase genes in bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Ramaiah, Nagappa ^a   Hill, Russell T ^a   Chun, Jongsik ^a   Ravel, Jacques ^a   Matte, Maria H ^a   Straube, William L ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; chiA gene; Chitinase

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; WATER;

AEROMONAS CAVIAE; ALTEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; UNITED STATES;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ALTEROMONAS SP.; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0033776093     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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