Identification and characterization of a chitinase of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, a bacterium that is antagonistic towards fungal phytopathogens

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-35

  Jankiewicz, Urszula ^a   Brzezinska, Maria Swiontek ^b   Saks, Elzbieta ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Biological control; Chitinase; Chitinolytic bacteria; Stenotrophomonas

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROLS; CHITINASES; CHITINOLYTIC ENZYMES; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUSARIUM; GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSIS; PHYTOPATHOGENS; PURIFIED ENZYME; SDS-PAGE; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TWO STAGE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PURIFICATION; SOILS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHITINASE;

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; ANTIBIOSIS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYDROLYSIS; HYPHOMYCETES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHYTOPATHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHITIN; CHITINASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ALTERNARIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSARIUM; RHIZOCTONIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84855346039     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: 13474421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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