Cultivation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon sulfolobus solfataricus in low-salt media

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-25

  Park, Chan Beum ^a   Lee, Sun Bok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bactopeptone; Hyperthermophile; Low salt nutrient; Sulfolobus solfataricus; Trehalose; Vitamin; Yeast extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013688520     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931908     Document Type: Article

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