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Biol Bull 79: 199-206. (August 1940)
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DECOMPOSITION OF CHITIN BY MARINE BACTERIA

CHARLES W. HOCK 1

1 From the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass.

Chitin-decomposing bacteria were isolated from the following sources: marine sand, mud, water, decomposing horseshoe crabs, and the intestinal contents of Venus mercenaria mercenaria, Ostrea virginica, Loligo pealeii pealeii, Ovalipes ocellatus ocellatus, Mustelus mustelus, Raia erinacea and Spheroides maculatus.

Chitin-decomposing bacteria were found to be most abundant in marine sand, less abundant in mud, and present in small numbers in sea water.

Under experimental conditions, the decomposition of Limulus shell was relatively rapid in littoral sand, moderate in bottom mud, and negligible in sea water.






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