Antifungal chitinases from Bacillus pumilus SG2: Preliminary report

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1437-1443

  Ghasemi, Seyedhadi ^a,b   Ahmadian, Gholamreza ^a   Jelodar, Nadali Babaeian ^b   Rahimian, Heshmatollah ^b   Ghandili, Soheila ^a   Dehestani, Ali ^a,b   Shariati, Parvin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Bacillus; Chitinase; Enzyme assay; Purification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AMINO ACID RESIDUES; AMMONIUM SULFATE PRECIPITATION; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CULTURE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; CELL-WALL FORMATION; CHITINASE ENZYMES; CHITINASES; DOMAIN ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR CHITINASES; HALOTOLERANT BACTERIA; OOMYCETES; OPTIMUM PH; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PUMILUS; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; SALINE SOIL;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CHITIN; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PURIFICATION; STRAIN;

FUNGI;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIPOLARIS; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; NIGROSPORA; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI; PHYTOPHTHORA CITRICOLA; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VERTICILLIUM SP.;

EID: 77954456380     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0318-6     Document Type: Article

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