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Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 56-65; doi:10.3390/ijm OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Molecular Sciences ISSN 1422-0067 /journal/ijms Article The Chitinolytic Activities of Streptomyces sp. TH-11 Kim-Chi Hoang 1, Tzu-Hsuan Lai 2, Chung-Sheng Lin 3, Ying-Tsong Chen 4,5,† and Chun-Yi Liau 2,†,* 1 General Education Center, Ta Hwa Institute of Technology, HsinChu 307, Taiwan; E-Mail: chi@.tw 2 Departments of Bioengineering, Tatung University, Taipei 104, Taiwan; E-Mail: sonic_9001@ 3 School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University and Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, TaiChung City 402, Taiwan; E-Mail: lcs@.tw 4 Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsin University, TaiChung City 402, Taiwan; E-Mail: onion@.tw 5 Division of Molecular and Genomics Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli 350, Taiwan † These authors contributed equally to this manuscript. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: chunyi@.tw; Tel.: +886-23315-31; Fax: +886-2 Received: 28 October 2010; in revised form: 10 December 2010 / Accepted: 18 December 2010 / Published: 27 December 2010 Abstract: Chitin is an abundant biopolymer composed of units of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine linked by -1,4 glycosidic bonds. Chitin is the main component of the shells of mollusks, the cell wall of fungi and yeast and of the exoskeleton of crustaceans