Chitin degradation by cellulolytic anaerobes and facultative aerobes from soils and sediments.

Abstract:

:Species of strictly and facultatively anaerobic cellulolytic bacteria from soils and sediments were examined for the ability to degrade chitin. Of 22 species studied, 16 degraded insoluble chitin. Cellulomonas uda, which was selected for a comparative study of its cellulase and chitinase enzyme systems, produced different enzyme systems for the degradation of cellulose and chitin and different patterns of regulation of production of the two enzyme systems were observed. Moreover, C. uda utilized chitin as a source of nitrogen for the degradation of cellulose. In natural environments, the ability to use chitin as a nitrogen source may confer on cellulolytic microorganisms, such as C. uda, a selective advantage over other cellulolytic microbes.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Reguera G,Leschine SB

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10912.x

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-11-13 00:00:00

pages

367-74

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

pii

S0378109701004293

journal_volume

204

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