Heat sterilization of archaeal liposomes

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-186

  Choquet, Christian G ^a   Patel, Girishchandra B ^a   Sprott, G Dennis ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeal liposomes; Archaeobacteria ('Archaea'); Ether liposomes; Heat sterilization; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029988018     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-027     Document Type: Article

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