Multiple serotypes of the moderate thermophile Thiobacillus caldus, a limitation of immunological assays for biomining microorganisms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4243-4246

  Hallberg, Kevin B ^a   Lindström, E Börje ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RNA 16S;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS CALDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0029850057     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.4243-4246.1996     Document Type: Article

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