A plate assay for simultaneous screening of polysaccharide- and protein-degrading micro-organisms

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-98

  Ten, L N ^a,b   Im, W T ^a   Kim, M K ^a   Lee, Sung Taik ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UZBEKISTAN   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Chromogenic substrates; Collagen; Microbial polysaccharases; Microbial proteases; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; COLLAGEN; MICROORGANISMS; SCREENING; SUBSTRATES;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; DEGRADING ACTIVITIES; DEGRADING BACTERIA; MICRO-ORGANISMS; MICROBIAL POLYSACCHARASE; MICROBIAL PROTEASE; PETRI DISH; PLATE ASSAY; SOLUBILISATION; SUBSTRATE PARTICLES;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; COLLAGEN; DNA 16S; DYE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; DEGRADATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOSIMICROBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATE ASSAY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SCREENING; SLUDGE; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOLUBILITY;

BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULOMONAS; CELLULOSIMICROBIUM;

EID: 12444276600     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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