Adsorption of extracellular proteases in seawater onto filters during size fractionation

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-372

  Obayashi, Yumiko ^a,b   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Dissolved organic matter; Extracellular enzyme; Filter; Protease; Size fractionation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILTER; FRACTIONATION; MEMBRANE; SEAWATER;

EID: 42649142930     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0029-x     Document Type: Article

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