Recombinant Rhizobium meliloti strains with extra biotin synthesis capability

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3333-3338

  Streit, Wolfgang R ^a   Phillips, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DEATH; NONHUMAN; OPERON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0029786603     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3333-3338.1996     Document Type: Article

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