Advance in chitinase production by microbes, their species, ecological distribution and classes, physicochemical properties and kinds of chitinases and other aspects were reviewed in this paper.

• 从产几丁质酶的微生物类群生态分布及微生物产几丁质酶的种类、理化性质等方面论述了微生物产几丁质酶的研究进展。