Chitinolytic enzymes from endophytic fungi

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 47, Issue , 2011, Pages 43-53

  Govinda Rajulu, Meenavalli B ^a   Thirunavukkarasu, Nagamani ^a   Suryanarayanan, Trichur S ^b   Ravishankar, Jagadesan P ^c   El Gueddari, Nour Eddine ^d   Moerschbacher, Bruno M ^d  

^a VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE   (India)

^b Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology VINSTROM   (India)

^c DG Vaishnav College   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitin; Chitinase; Chitosan; Chitosanase; Endophytes

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

EID: 79955843550     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-010-0071-z     Document Type: Article

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