BiochemistrybioRxiv
The fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida LFI1238 can degrade and metabolize chitin despite major gene loss in the chitinolytic pathway
A. Skane, G. Minniti, J. S. M. Loose…·G. Vaaje-Kolstad
This study shows that Aliivibrio salmonicida LFI1238 can degrade and metabolize chitin despite having many chitinolytic genes disrupted, using GH18 chitinase and AA10 LPMOs for this ability.
DOI 10.1128/aem.00529-21