Substrate specificity in polysaccharide hydrolysis: Contrasts between bottom water and sediments

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1112-1119

  Arnosti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYMIC HYDROLYSIS; FLUORESCENT LABELING; FUCOIDIN; HYDROLYSIS KINETICS; LAMINARAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PULLULAN; SEDIMENT; XYLAN;

BOTTOM WATER; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUBSTRATE;

EID: 0033898247     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2000.45.5.1112     Document Type: Article

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