Chitinolytic activity of actinomycetes from a cerrado soil and their potential in biocontrol

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 146-150

  Gomes, R C ^b   Semedo L T A S ^b   Soares, R M A ^b   Alviano, C S ^b   Linhares, L F ^b   Coelho, Rosalie Reed Rodrigues ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FUNGI;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CERRADO; CHITINASES; CHITINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; CRUDE ENZYMES; CRUDE EXTRACT; EXOCHITINASE; PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI;

BIOCONTROL;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHITIN; CHITINASE;

ENZYME; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0034104061     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00687.x     Document Type: Article

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