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Chitinase Activities in Animals, Fungi and Bacteria

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Chitin in Nature and Technology

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Digestive chitinase activities are widely distributed among animals, fungi and bacteria. Here follow a series of accounts of specific occurrences and properties of these and related enzymes.

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  1. Institut Hydrobiologie & Fischereiwissenschaft, Zeiseweg 9, D-2000, Hamburg 50, Germany

    E. Danulat

  2. Institut Biochemie Tech. Mikrobiol, Tech. Universität, Getreidemarkt 9/172, A-1060, Wien, Austria

    W. P. Kammel, C. P. Kubicek, E. M. Kubicek-Pranz, F. Streichsbier & J. Toth

  3. Unikoor, P. O. Box 1172, IL-91010, Jerusalem, Israel

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    R. A. Smucker & D. A. Wright

  5. Dept. Agricultural Chemistry, Fac. Horticulture, Univ. Chiba, Matsudoshi, Chiba, 271, Japan

    T. Amatatsu, A. Ando, T. Fujii, K. Mizushina & M. Yabuki

  6. Central Research Lab, Godo Shusei Co., Matsudoshi, Chiba, 271, Japan

    M. Shimada & M. Yamashita

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Gooday, G.W. et al. (1986). Chitinase Activities in Animals, Fungi and Bacteria. In: Muzzarelli, R., Jeuniaux, C., Gooday, G.W. (eds) Chitin in Nature and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2167-5_33

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