Microbial colonisation and degradation of chitin in aquatic environments

The occurrence of chitinolytic microbes and the colonisation and degradation of a native chitin substrate (squid pen) was studied in riverine, estuarine and marine aquatic environments m the Aberdeen area. Chitinolytic microbes were prevalent at all the sites (means: aerobic water 616ml-1, 2% of het...

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Main Author: Cross, Martin George
Published: University of Aberdeen 1985
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.377364