High survival efficiency and ribosomal RNA decaying pattern of Desulfobacter latus, a highly specific acetate-utilizing organism, during starvation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-25

  Fukui, Manabu ^a   Suwa, Yuichi ^a   Urushigawa, Yoshikuni ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA; Cell respiration; Confocal laser scanning microscope; Desulfobacter latus; Phylogenetic staining; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CELL RESPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOBACTER LATUS; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOBACTER; DESULFOBACTER LATUS;

EID: 0030045076     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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