Microorganisms are able to utilize nitrogen (N) from a wide range of organic and mineral
compounds. In this paper, we review the current knowledge about the regulation of the …

Terrestrial systems support a variety of free-living soil diazotrophs, which can fix nitrogen (N)
outside of plant associations. However, owing to the metabolic costs associated with N …

Providing comprehensive coverage of the biological activities and industrial applications of
Chitin, Chitosan, oligosaccharides, and their derivatives, this book presents a balance of …

Exploring the role of enzymes in biogeochemical processes, this reference explores the
function, molecular biology, and biochemistry of microorganisms and their intra-and extra …

Bacillus cereus 28-9 is a chitinolytic bacterium isolated from lily plant in Taiwan. This
bacterium exhibited biocontrol potential on Botrytis leaf blight of lily as demonstrated by a …

Despite many achievements in modern agriculture, food crop production continues to be
plagued by disease-causing pathogens and pests. In many cases, chemical pesticides …

Plant photosynthate fuels carbon-limited microbial growth and activity, resulting in increased
rhizosphere nitrogen (N) mineralization. Most soil organic nitrogen is macromolecular …

Cellulose is one of the most abundant polymers in nature. Different living systems evolved
simultaneously, using structurally similar proteins to synthesize and metabolize …

A total of 39 chitinolytic bacteria were isolated from 77 rhizosphere soil samples collected
from different crop fields in Tamil Nadu state, India. Among them, a strain designated as …

Sets of PCR primers were designed to amplify bacterial chitinases at different levels of
specificity. The bacterial chitinase group primers were successful in targeting enzymes …