Production of clavulanic acid and cephamycin C by Streptomyces clavuligerus in palm-oil medium

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-75

  Lee, P C ^a   Ho, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cephamycin C; Clavulanic acid; Lipid; Mutation; Streptomyces claouligerus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030037544     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00327805     Document Type: Article

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