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ArticlePeerJ2019

Isolation and identification of marine strains of

Roger Salas-Ovilla, Didiana Gálvez-López, Alfredo Vázquez-Ovando, Miguel Salvador-Figueroa, Raymundo Rosas-Quijano

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Article in PeerJ, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Roger Salas-OvillaInstituto de Biociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Didiana Gálvez-LópezInstituto de Biociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Alfredo Vázquez-OvandoInstituto de Biociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Miguel Salvador-FigueroaInstituto de Biociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Raymundo Rosas-QuijanoInstituto de Biociencias, Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.
Autonomous University of Chiapas · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitin is the second most abundant organic compound in nature and represents a rich carbon and nitrogen source that is primarily transformed by bacterial communities. Bacteria capable of gradually hydrolyzing chitin into N-acetylglucosamine monomers can have applications in the transformation of residues from shrimp and other crustaceans. The objective of the present study was to isolate, characterize and identify microorganisms with high chitinolytic activity. These microorganisms were isolated and characterized based on macro- and microscopic morphological traits. Strains were selected on colloidal chitin agar medium primarily based on a hydrolysis halo larger than 2 mm and a growing phase no longer than 6 days. Secondary selection consisted of semi-quantitative evaluation of chitinolytic activity with a drop dilution assay. From the above, ten strains were selected. Then, strain-specific activity was evaluated. The B4 strain showed the highest specific activity, which was 6,677.07 U/mg protein. Molecular identification indicated that the isolated strains belong to the species

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ChitinasesChitinolytic strainsSeawaterShrimp residuesSpecific activity

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PMID30627485
PMCPMC6321750
OpenAlexW2907306531

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