Pitfalls using tributyrin agar screening to detect lipolytic activity in metagenomic studies

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 4282-4285

  Litthauer, Derek ^a   Abbai, Nathlee S ^a   Piater, Lizelle A ^a   van Heerden, Esta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

False positives; Lipolytic activity; Metagenome; Tributyrin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ESTERASE; TRIBUTYRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC SCREENING; LIPOLYSIS; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MINING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 77954879155     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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