Degradation of caffeine and related methylxanthines by Serratia marcescens isolated from soil under coffee cultivation

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-207

  Mazzafera, P ^a   Olsson, O ^b   Sandberg, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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COFFEA SPP.;

EID: 0030029328     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00167865     Document Type: Article

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