Properties of extracellular proteases from three psychrotolerant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolated from Antarctic soil

Polar Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Vazquez, Susana ^a   Ruberto, Lucas ^b   Mac Cormack, Walter ^c  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 16444370474     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0673-6     Document Type: Article

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