Bacterial chitin hydrolysis in two lakes with contrasting trophic statuses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 695-704

  Köllner, Krista E ^a,b   Carstens, Dörte ^a,b   Keller, Esther ^a   Vazquez, Francisco ^a   Schubert, Carsten J ^a   Zeyer, Josef ^b   Bürgmann, Helmut ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON SOURCE; CHITINASES; COPY NUMBER; EUTROPHIC WATER; FRESH WATER LAKES; GENE FRAGMENTS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; REDOX CONDITION; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TROPHIC STATUS; TURNOVER RATE;

AMINO SUGARS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CARBON; CHITIN; EUTROPHICATION; GENES; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

4 METHYLUMBELLIFERYL N,N DIACETYLCHITOBIOSIDE; 4-METHYLUMBELLIFERYL-N,N-DIACETYLCHITOBIOSIDE; CHITIN; CHITINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FRESH WATER; HYMECROMONE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; AMINO ACID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CHITIN; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUPHOTIC ZONE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMER; RECYCLING; REDOX CONDITIONS; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER COLUMN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CHITIN; CHITINASE; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROLYSIS; HYMECROMONE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856205929     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06330-11     Document Type: Article

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