Selenite tolerance and accumulation in the Lactobacillus species

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-88

  Andreoni, V ^a   Luischi, M Moro ^a   Cavalca, L ^a   Erba, D ^a   Ciappellano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA RFLPs; Lactobacillus strains; Se cellular distribution; Se specific accumulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001774865     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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