Lee, Shu-Fen


Publications
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Chitinibacter tainanensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitin-degrading aerobe from soil in Taiwan

Citation
Chern et al. (2004). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54 (4)
Names
Chitinibacteraceae
Abstract
Five strains with strong chitinolytic activity were isolated from a soil sample collected from southern Taiwan. The strains shared more than 92 % DNA–DNA similarity, indicating membership of the same genospecies. This close relationship was supported by high similarities in fatty acid composition and biochemical characteristics. A 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis indicated that the isolates were members of the class ‘Betaproteobacteria’, in which they formed an individual subline of descent that