Cloning, isolation, and characterization of novel chitinase-producing bacterial strain UM01 (Myxococcus fulvus)

Abstract Background Chitin is an important biopolymer next to cellulose, extracted in the present study. The exoskeleton of marine bycatch brachyuran crabs, namely Calappa lophos, Dromia dehaani, Dorippe facchino and also from stomatopod Squilla spp. were used to extract chitin through fermentation...

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Main Authors: Umar Shahbaz, Xiaobin Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43141-020-00059-1