Screening of marine fungi for lignocellulose-degrading enzyme activities

Botanica Marina

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 379-386

  Luo, Wen ^a   Vrijmoed, Lilian L P ^a   Gareth Jones, E B ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Endoglucanase; Laccase; Marine fungi; Seawater inhibition; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MANGROVE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CALATHELLA MANGROVEI; CIRRENALIA TROPICALIS; FUNGI; FUNGI IMPERFECTI; HALOROSELLINIA OCEANICA; HYPOXYLON;

EID: 29144506686     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2005.051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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