A novel thermostable chitinolytic machinery of Streptomyces sp. F-3 consisting of chitinases with different action modes

Abstract Background The biodegradation of chitin is an important part of the carbon and nitrogen cycles in nature. Speeding up the biotransformation of chitin substrates can not only reduce pollution, but also produce high value-added products. However, this process is strictly regulated by the cata...

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Main Authors: Xiaomeng Sun, Yingjie Li, Zhennan Tian, Yuanchao Qian, Huaiqiang Zhang, Lushan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-019-1472-1