Anaerobic metabolism of primary and secondary forms of Photorhabdus luminescens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Rosner, Bettina M ^a   Ensign, Jerald C ^b   Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Heterorhabditis bacteriophora; Mixed acid fermentation; Oxygen limitation; Phase variant; Photorhabdus luminescens

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200294     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00185-1     Document Type: Article

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