Purification and characterization of an extracellular, uracil specific ribonuclease from a Bizionia species isolated from the marine environment of the Sundarbans

Microbiological Research

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-38

  Sana, Barindra ^a   Ghosh, Debashish ^a   Saha, Malay ^a   Mukherjee, Joydeep ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bizionia; Marine bacteria; Ribonuclease; Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER; IRON; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BIZIONIA; MARINE BACTERIA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES DELTA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARBANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES (CLASS); BACTEROIDES PHYLUM; BIZIONIA; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM;

EID: 37049006499     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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