Comment to Sherr and Sherr (1999): 'Is there any appropriate way to distinguish different β-N-acetylhexosaminidase activities in aquatic environments?'

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-84

  Vrba, Jaroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

High affinity; Low affinity; Lysozyme; Substrate specificity; N acetylglucosaminidase

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0033942333     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(00)00047-7     Document Type: Note

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