Depth-Resolved Variations of Cultivable Bacteria and Their Extracellular Enzymes in the Water Column of the New Britain Trench

Marine microorganisms and their extracellular enzymes (ECEs) play an important role in the remineralization of organic material by hydrolyzing high-molecular-weight substrates to sizes sufficiently small to be transported through cell membrane, yet the diversity of the enzyme-producing bacteria and...

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Main Authors: Qianfeng Liu, Jiasong Fang, Jiangtao Li, Li Zhang, Bin-Bin Xie, Xiu-Lan Chen, Yu-Zhong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00135/full