ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL BENZOATE- UTILIZING Serratia marcescens

A new benzoate-utilizing strain, Serratia marcescens DS-8, isolated from the environment was characterized. The strain was enterobacilli, Gram negative, mesophilic, non ha lophilic, and aerobic bacterium that showed motile ovale-rod shaped cells. The isolate produced extracellular chitinase, proteas...

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Main Authors: ANTONIUS SUWANTO, DWI SURYANTO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SEAMEO, BIOTROP 2003-01-01
Series:Biotropia: The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology
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Online Access:http://journal.biotrop.org/index.php/biotropia/article/view/184/153