Preparation and properties of bacteriophage-borne enzyme degrading bacterial exopolysaccharide

High Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-215

  Mou, Haijin ^a   Wang, Jingxue ^a   Jiang, Xiaolu ^a   Liu, Zhihong ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial exopolysaccharide; Bacteriophage; Klebsiella; Polysaccharide depolymerase

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEWAGE; SUGARS; TITRATION; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIAL EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; KLEBSIELLA; PHAGE ENZYME; POLYSACCHARIDE DEPOLYMERASE; SEROTYPES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

EID: 45449086931     PISSN: 10066748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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