Molecular diversity of bacterial chitinases in arable soils and the effects of environmental factors on the chitinolytic bacterial community

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-480

  Terahara, Takeshi ^a,c   Ikeda, Seishi ^b,c   Noritake, Chiaki ^c   Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^b   Ando, Katsuhiko ^c   Tsuneda, Satoshi ^a   Harayama, Shigeaki ^c,d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

^d CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arable land; Canonical correspondence analysis; Chitinase; Multidimensional scaling analysis; Phylogenetic analysis; UniFrac analysis

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

ARABLE LAND; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CHITINASE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; UNIFRAC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BACTERIUM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CHITIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60249095885     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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