Extracellular Proteolytic Activity in the Surface Sediment of a Eutrophic Inlet

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-35

  Patel, Arun B ^a   Fukami, Kimio ^a   Nishijima, Toshitaka ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

aminopeptidase activity; sediment slurry; semi enclosed eutrophic ecosystem; surface sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348169679     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2001.25     Document Type: Article

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