Isolation and identification of marine chitinolytic bacteria and their potential in antifungal biocontrol

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 715-720

  Gohel, Vipul ^a   Chaudhary, Tejas ^a   Vyas, Pranav ^a   Chhatpar, H S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Cajanus cajan; Chitinase production; Fusarium sp.; Macrophomina phaseolina; Marine bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; FUNGI; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGAR PLATES; ANTIFUNGAL BIOCONTROL;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

CHITIN; CHITINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FUSARIUM; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAJANUS CAJAN; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER AMNIGENUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA; PANTOEA; PANTOEA DISPERSA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 3042802379     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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