Screening for extracellular enzyme activities by bacteria isolated from samples collected in the Tyrrhenian Sea

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Fenice, Massimiliano ^a   Gallo, Anna Maria ^a   Juarez Jimenez, Belen ^a,b   Gonzalez Lopez, Jesus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extracellular enzymes; Marine bacteria; Screening; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34147131893     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175056     Document Type: Article

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