American Society for Microbiology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 4(77), p. 1512-1515, 2011
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02038-10
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ABSTRACT The functional metagenomic screening of the microbial communities associated with a temperate marine sponge and a green alga identified three novel hydrolytic enzymes with antibacterial activities. The results suggest that uncultured alpha- and gammaproteobacteria contain new classes of proteins that may be a source of antibacterial agents.