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Chitinase genes in lake sediments of Ardley Island, Antarctica.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Xiao Xiang, Yin Xuebin, Lin Jian, Sun Liguang, You Ziyong, Wang Peng, Wang Fengping
Abstract excerpt
A sediment core spanning approximately 1,600 years was collected from a lake on Ardley Island, Antarctica. The sediment core had been greatly influenced by penguin guano. Using molecular methods, the chitinolytic bacterial community along the sediment core was studied over its entire length. Primers targeting conserved sequences of the catalytic domains of family 18 subgroup A chitinases detected group A...
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