Measurement of growth at very low rates (μ ≥ 0), an approach to study the energy requirement for the survival of Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP 134

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Muller R H ^a   Babel, W ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FRUCTOSE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; PHENOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030020001     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.147-151.1996     Document Type: Article

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