FIXED BACTERIAL BIOMASS ESTIMATED BY POTENTIAL EXOPROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY

Authors
LAURENT P SERVAIS P
Citation
P. Laurent et P. Servais, FIXED BACTERIAL BIOMASS ESTIMATED BY POTENTIAL EXOPROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITY, Canadian journal of microbiology, 41(8), 1995, pp. 749-752
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Biology
Journal title
Canadian journal of microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00084166
Volume
41
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
749 - 752
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-4166(1995)41:8<749:FBBEBP>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A method is proposed to estimate the bacterial biomass fixed on solid supports colonized in water without detachment of the cells from the s upports. The method consists of measuring an enzymatic activity of the fixed bacteria: the potential exoproteolytic activity, which has been shown to be proportional to the bacterial biomass.