Characterization of a new keratinolytic Trichoderma atroviride strain F6 that completely degrades native chicken feather

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Cao, L ^a   Tan, H ^a   Liu, Y ^a   Xue, X ^a   Zhou, S ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken feather; Keratin; Keratinolytic activity; Proteolysis; Trichoderma atroviride

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGI; PURIFICATION; SUBSTRATES;

CHICKEN FEATHERS; FEATHER DEGRADATION; FEATHER-DEGRADING; KERATINASE; KERATINOLYTIC ACTIVITY; NON-PATHOGENIC FUNGI; OPTIMUM PH; OPTIMUM TEMPERATURE; SERINE PROTEASE; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 2,2' BIPYRIDINE; BARIUM; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; COPPER; KERATIN; KERATINASE; MANGANESE; MERCURY; SERINE PROTEINASE; ZINC;

DEGRADATION; FUNGI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEATHER; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; POULTRY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEATHER; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

FUNGI; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA ATROVIRIDE;

EID: 39149134327     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02327.x     Document Type: Article

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