Reduction of benzyl viologen distinguishes genera of the class Mollicutes

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 881-884

  Pollack, J Dennis ^a   Banzon, Jonathan ^a   Donelson, Kelly ^a   Tully, Joseph G ^b   Davis Jr , John W ^c   Hackett, Kevin J ^d   Agbanyim, Calista ^e   Miles, Roger J ^e  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYLVIOLOGEN; FREE RADICAL; INDICATOR; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA; UREAPLASMA;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ACHOLEPLASMA LAIDLAWII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTOMOPLASMA; MESOPLASMA; MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA; UREAPLASMA; VIOLA ADUNCA;

EID: 0029837461     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-881     Document Type: Article

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