Streptomyces lunalinharesii spores contain chitin on the outer sheath

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Gomes, Rosana Canuto ^a   Soares, Rosangela Maria Araújo ^b   Nakamura, Celso Vataru ^c   Souto Padrón, Thais ^b   De Souza, Rodrigo Fonseca ^b   De Azevedo Soares Semêdo, Luzia Teixeira ^a   Alviano, Celuta Sales ^b   Coelho, Rosalie Reed Rodrigues ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE SEVERINO SOMBRA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chitin; IR spectroscopy; LEA (lectin from Lycopersicum esculentum); NMR spectroscopy; Streptomyces lunalinharesii; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CHITIN; CHITINASE; LECTIN; NITROUS ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; COLLOID; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES LUNALINHARESII; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHITIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES SP.;

EID: 47849089987     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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