Isolation of Thermus strains from hot composts (60 to 80°C)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1723-1727

  Beffa, Trello ^a   Blanc, Michel ^a   Lyon, Pierre François ^a   Vogt, Gudrun ^a   Marchiani, Marcello ^a   Fischer, Johanna Lott ^a   Aragno, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; WASTE;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0029949236     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1723-1727.1996     Document Type: Article

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