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Chitinase and changes of microbial community in soil

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Enrichment of soil with chitin (0.6%) significantly stimulated growth of chitinolytic microorganisms (the relative proportion was increased from 1.7 to 26.5%) and the formation of chitinase in soil. In a soil enriched with chitin and glucose (0.6%), the proportion of chitinolytic microorganisms remained similar to that in the nonenriched soil (1.4%), the enzyme formation was negatively affected.

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  1. Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 142 20, Prague 4

    A. Hanzlíková & A. Jandera

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Hanzlíková, A., Jandera, A. Chitinase and changes of microbial community in soil. Folia Microbiol 38, 159–160 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02891700

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