Diversity of both the cultivable protease-producing bacteria and their extracellular proteases in the sediments of the South China Sea

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 582-590

  Zhou, Ming Yang ^a   Chen, Xiu Lan ^a   Zhao, Hui Lin ^a   Dang, Hong Yue ^b   Luan, Xi Wu ^c   Zhang, Xi Ying ^a   He, Hai Lun ^a   Zhou, Bai Cheng ^a   Zhang, Yu Zhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEA; SEDIMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOMONAS; IDIOMARINA; MARINOBACTER; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS; RHEINHEIMERA; SHEWANELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 70350136705     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9506-z     Document Type: Article

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