Identification of intestinal bacteria from Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) and their ability to digest chitin

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 336-342

  Sugita, H ^a   Ito, Y ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequence; Chitinase; Intestinal bacteria; Japanese flounder; Vibrio fischeri; Vibrio harveyi; Vibrio scophthalmi Vibrio ichthyoenteri group

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

16S RIBOSOMAL DNA; 16S RIBOSOMAL DNA SEQUENCE; CHITINASES; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; JAPANESE FLOUNDER; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; TAXONOMIC STATUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO SCOPHTHALMI-VIBRIO ICHTHYOENTERI GROUP;

CHITIN;

BACTERIAL DNA; CHITIN; DNA 16S; GENOMIC DNA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHITIN; ENZYMES; GENES;

BACTERIUM; CHITIN; DIGESTION; DNA; FISH; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; FLOUNDER; INTESTINE FLORA; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO ICHTHYOENTERI; VIBRIO SCOPHTHALMI;

EID: 33747140005     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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