Isolation of a Pseudomonas species from fish intestine that produces a protease active at low temperature.
A psychrotrophic bacterium producing a protease active at low temperatures was isolated from fish intestine and identified as a Pseudomonas species. Optimum growth and protease-producing temperatures of this strain were 15 degrees C and 10 degrees C, respectively. The maximum temperature for proteolytic activity was 25 degrees C, an unusually low temperature.
Hoshino
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Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute, Sapporo, Japan. hoshino@hniri.go.jp
Ishizaki
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Sakamoto
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Kumeta
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Yumoto
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Matsuyama
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Ohgiya
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D000818:Animals; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013696:Temperature
D010450:Endopeptidases