Chitinase genes in lake sediments of Ardley Island, Antarctica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 7904-7909

  Xiao, Xiang ^a   Yin, Xuebin ^b   Lin, Jian ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   You, Ziyong ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Wang, Fengping ^a  

^a Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; CLONING; ENZYMES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

ARDLEY ISLAND, ANTARCTICA; CHITINASE ENZYMES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR METHODS;

GENES;

CHITINASE; DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; CHI67 GENE; CHIA GENE; CHIB GENE; CHICW GENE; CHID GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEDIMENT; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; CHITINASE; COLD CLIMATE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANTARCTICA; ARDLEY ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; FLEXIBACTER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; JANTHINOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHENISCIDAE; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STREPTOMYCES; SUBGROUP A;

EID: 29144490893     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.7904-7909.2005     Document Type: Article

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