Isolation and initial characterization of aerobic chloromethane-utilizing bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 179-183

  Doronina, N V ^a   Sokolov, A P ^a   Trotsenko, Y A ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acrobic methylotroph; Chloromethane; Hyphomicrobium; Methylobacteria; Methylobacterium

Indexed keywords

METHYL CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METHYLOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030246889     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00262-5     Document Type: Article

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