Crystalline chitin is a kind of high molecular-weight polymers which is difficult to degrade. N-acetylglucosamine and chitooligosaccharides (COSs) are important agriculture, medicine, cosmetics and food resources. Conversion of crystalline chitin to GlcNAc and COSs using recombinant chitinases is an...
ORGANISM(S): Pseudoalteromonas flavipulchra NCIMB 2033 = ATCC BAA-314