title: Isolation of a Pseudomonas species from fish intestine that produces a protease active at low temperature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute, Sapporo, Japan. hoshino@hniri.go.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishizaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kumeta
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yumoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohgiya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D010450:Endopeptidases