Lipid analysis of Methanopyrus kandleri

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-202

  Hafenbradl, Doris ^a   Keller, Martin ^a   Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

2,3 di O geranylgeranyl sn glycerol; Glycolipid; Lipid composition; Methanopyrus kandleri

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029897869     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)84201-7     Document Type: Article

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