Chitinolytic bacteria in the minke whale forestomach

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Olsen, M A ^a   Blix, A S ^a   Utsi, T H A ^a   Sormo W ^a   Mathiesen, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Chitinase; Symbiotic microbial digestion; N acetylglucosaminidase

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTEROIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIGESTION; EUBACTERIUM; FERMENTATION; FORESTOMACH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOMACH JUICE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHALE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDACEAE; BACTEROIDES; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CRUSTACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033984483     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-46-1-85     Document Type: Article

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