Development of a plate technique for screening of polysaccharide-degrading microorganisms by using a mixture of insoluble chromogenic substrates

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-382

  Ten, Leonid N ^a,b   Im, Wan Taek ^a   Kim, Myung Kyum ^a   Kang, Myung Suk ^a   Lee, Sung Taik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UZBEKISTAN   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Amylose Cibacron Brilliant Red 3B A; Chromogenic substrates; HE Cellulose Reactive Orange 14; Plate assay; Polysaccharide degrading bacteria; Xylan Cibacron Brilliant Red 3B A

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLOSE; CELLULASE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; CIBACRON BLUE F3GA; DNA 16S; DYE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; REACTIVE ORANGE; REAGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAL RED; XYLAN; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULOMONAS; CROSS LINKING; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEXIBACTER; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 1142273245     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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