Fatty acid composition of the species of the genera Thermus and Meiothermus

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-311

  Nobre, M Fernanda ^a   Carreto, Laura ^a   Wait, Robin ^b   Tenreiro, Sandra ^a   Fernandes, Odete ^a   Sharp, Richard J ^b   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Fatty acids; Hydroxy fatty acids; Meiothermus spp.; Thermus spp.

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEIOTHERMUS; MEIOTHERMUS CHLIAROPHILUS; MEIOTHERMUS RUBER; MEIOTHERMUS SILVANUS; SILVANUS; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS FILIFORMIS;

EID: 0029911483     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80056-7     Document Type: Article

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