The genus Sphingomonas: Physiology and ecology

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-306

  White, David C ^b   Suttont, Susan D ^c   Ringelberg, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUBE; ZYMOMONAS;

EID: 0029948922     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80034-6     Document Type: Article

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