Kinetics of the simultaneous utilization of sugar mixtures by Escherichia coli in continuous culture

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1493-1499

  Lendenmann, Urs ^a,b   Snozzi, Mario ^a   Egli, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; RIBOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030009792     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1493-1499.1996     Document Type: Article

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