Isolation, characterization, and application of chitosan-degrading fungus from soil

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1114-1120

  Wei, Xinlin ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Xiao, Ming ^a   Xiao, Jianbo ^a   Wang, Yuanfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Chitooligosaccharides; Identification; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; CHITOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BINDING AFFINITY; BIODEGRADATION; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHITOSAN DEGRADATION FUNGUS; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHITOSAN; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; MUS;

EID: 77954981792     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0909.09031     Document Type: Article

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