Recombination-induced variants of Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 with increased solvent production

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Wong, John ^a,b   Bennett, George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; SOLVENTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC 824; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SIGE; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029975252     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900062     Document Type: Article

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