Diversity of cultivable protease-producing bacteria in sediments of Jiaozhou Bay, China

Although protease-producing bacteria are key players in the degradation of organic nitrogen and essential for the nitrogen recycling in marine sediments, diversity of both these bacteria and their extracellular proteases is still largely unknown. This study investigated the diversity of the cultivab...

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Main Authors: Xi-Ying eZhang, Xiao-Xu eHan, Xiu-Lan eChen, Hong-Yue eDang, Bin-Bin eXie, Qi-Long eQin, Mei eShi, Bai-Cheng eZhou, Yu-Zhong eZhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01021/full