Isolation and characterization of a chitionolytic enzyme producing microorganism, Paenibacillus chitinolyticus JK2 from Iran

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 395-404

  Jami Al Ahmadi, K ^a,b   Tabatabaei Yazdi, M ^a   Fathi Najafi, M ^c   Shahverdi, A R ^a   Faramarzi, M A ^a   Zarrini, Gh ^d   Behravan, Javad ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chitooligosaccharide; Endochitinase; Faenibacillus chirinolyticus

Indexed keywords

PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS CHITINOLYTICUS;

EID: 51949118561     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2008.395.404     Document Type: Article

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