Chitinases: in agriculture and human healthcare

A Nagpure, B Choudhary, RK Gupta - Critical reviews in …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
Biological control of phytopathogenic fungi and insects continues to inspire the research and
development of environmentally friendly bioactive alternatives. Potentially lytic enzymes …

Chitinase: a potent biocatalyst and its diverse applications

G Mahajan, V Sharma, R Gupta - Biocatalysis and …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Chitin is an abundant, linear, insoluble β-1, 4-linked N-acetylglucosamine polymer (GlcNAc),
found in the cuticles of insects, the cell walls of fungi and crustacean shells. Chitinases are …

Tomato seeds preferably transmit plant beneficial endophytes

A Bergna, T Cernava, M Rändler… - Phytobiomes …, 2018‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Endophytes with plant growth-promoting activity can improve the health and development of
plants during all life stages. However, less is known about their stability and transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Purification, characterization and antimicrobial activity of chitinase from marine-derived Aspergillus terreus

AM Farag, HM Abd-Elnabey, HAH Ibrahim… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Chitinase (EC 3.2. 1.14) was produced from the culture filtrate of marine-derived
Aspergillus terreus and purified by 65% ammonium sulphate precipitation, followed by gel …

Purification and characterisation of an acidic and antifungal chitinase produced by a Streptomyces sp.

N Karthik, P Binod, A Pandey - Bioresource Technology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
An extremely acidic extracellular chitinase produced by a Streptomyces sp. was purified
12.44-fold by ammonium sulphate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography and gel …

[HTML][HTML] Antioxidants, Antimicrobial, and Anticancer Activities of Purified Chitinase of Talaromyces funiculosus Strain CBS 129594 Biosynthesized Using Crustacean …

HS El-Beltagi, OM El-Mahdy, HI Mohamed… - Agronomy, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Talaromyces funiculosus strain CBS 129594 was optimized to promote chitinase activity
under solid state fermentation using crustacean bio-wastes. The aim of the study was to use …

Diverse culturable diazotrophic endophytic bacteria from Poaceae plants show cross-colonization and plant growth promotion in wheat

JK Patel, G Archana - Plant and Soil, 2017‏ - Springer
Background and aims Diazotrophic endophytic bacteria colonizing cereal plants have a
tremendous scope to increase crop yields by supporting low input sustainable agricultural …

Biotic and abiotic stress factors induce microbiome shifts and enrichment of distinct beneficial bacteria in tomato roots

B Flemer, S Gulati, A Bergna, M Rändler… - Phytobiomes …, 2022‏ - Am Phytopath Society
Crops are often simultaneously threatened by abiotic and biotic stress factors but the stress
response of the plant holobiont is not well understood, despite the high importance of this …

Bioconversion of chitin into chitin oligosaccharides using a novel chitinase with high chitin-binding capacity

Q Zhao, L Fan, C Deng, C Ma, C Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Chitin is the second largest renewable biomass resource in nature, it can be enzymatically
degraded into high-value chitin oligosaccharides (CHOSs) by chitinases. In this study, a …

Biocontrol potential of halotolerant bacterial chitinase from high yielding novel Bacillus pumilus MCB-7 autochthonous to mangrove ecosystem

KS Rishad, S Rebello, PS Shabanamol… - Pesticide Biochemistry …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The multifaceted role of chitinase in medicine, agriculture, environmental remediation and
various other industries greatly demands the isolation of high yielding chitinase producing …