Differentiation of chitinase-active and non-chitinase-active subpopulations of a marine bacterium during chitin degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 3566-3573

  Baty III, A M ^a   Eastburn, C C ^a   Diwu, Z ^a   Techkarnjanaruk, S ^a   Goodman, A E ^a   Geesey, G G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; REPORTER GENE;

ALTEROMONAS; BIOFILMS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SEAWATER; SILICON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS SP.; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0033883527     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.8.3566-3573.2000     Document Type: Article

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