Assessing the Diversity of Marine Bacterial β-Glucosidases by Capillary Electrophoresis Zymography

Author(s)
Jesús M. Arrieta, Gerhard J. Herndl
Abstract

We propose a new method for the fast separation and detection of β-glucosidases in environmental samples. With this approach, β-glucosidases extracted from bacteria are evidenced by substrate-incorporated capillary electrophoresis (CE zymography) and their kinetic parameters can be determined by repeated injections using different substrate concentrations. Preliminary results obtained with natural bacterial communities from the coastal North Sea suggest that the diversity of β-glucosidases in the marine environment might be much higher than previously observed.

Organisation(s)
Functional and Evolutionary Ecology
External organisation(s)
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume
67
Pages
4896-4900
No. of pages
5
ISSN
0099-2240
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.10.4896-4900.2001
Publication date
10-2001
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
106021 Marine biology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Biotechnology, Food Science, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Ecology
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/c4e6374a-939e-4100-b3fe-76e08d4083e5