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SUBMITTER: Lacombe-Harvey ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097792 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lacombe-Harvey Marie-Ève MÈ Brzezinski Ryszard R Beaulieu Carole C
Applied microbiology and biotechnology 20180621 17
Actinobacteria, a large group of Gram-positive bacteria, secrete a wide range of extracellular enzymes involved in the degradation of organic compounds and biopolymers including the ubiquitous aminopolysaccharides chitin and chitosan. While chitinolytic enzymes are distributed in all kingdoms of life, actinobacteria are recognized as particularly good decomposers of chitinous material and several members of this taxon carry impressive sets of genes dedicated to chitin and chitosan degradation. D ...[more]