Growth of the facultative anaerobe Shewanella putrefaciens by elemental sulfur reduction

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2100-2105

  Moser, Duane P ^a   Nealson, Kenneth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029992689     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.2100-2105.1996     Document Type: Article

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