title: A note on Streptomyces No. 6, a chitosanase-producing actinomycete.
abstract: This communication reports the deposit of Streptomyces No. 6 in the National Collection of Industrial Bacteria, Aberdeen, AB2 1RY, Scotland, UK (Accession number 13037) and gives some references on its use in lysing cell walls of fungi in the Mucorales leading to protoplast formation. Its use in biotechnological fields is also referred to.
authors.affiliation: Division of Soils and Soil Microbiology, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C019868:chitosanase