Chitinolytic activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates from barley and sugar beet rhizosphere

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-227

  Nielsen, Mette Neiendam ^a   Sørensen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chitinolytic activity; Endochitinase; Isozyme pattern; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITINASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARLEY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYPHOMYCETES; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI;

EID: 0344994629     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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