Succession of protease activity in seawater and bacterial isolates during starvation in a mesocosm experiment

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-46

  Bong, Chui Wei ^a,b,c   Obayashi, Yumiko ^a,d   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase; Bacterial protease; Cell associated enzymes; Dissolved fraction; Seawater; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84876127348     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01618     Document Type: Article

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