Mycophagous mites and their internal associated bacteria cooperate to digest chitin in soil

Symbiosis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Smrž, Jaroslav ^a   Čatská, Vlasta ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Associated bacteria; Chitinolytic enzymes; Destruction of soil fungi; Mycophagy; Soil mites

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHITIN; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGUS; HISTOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMOBILIZATION; MITE; MYCOPHAGY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 78751582378     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13199-010-0099-6     Document Type: Article

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