Degradation of arginine and other amino acids by Eubacterium nodatum ATCC 33099

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Uematsu, H ^a   Hoshino, E ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arginine; arginine deiminase pathway; arginine carboxypeptidase; Eubacterium nodatum; lysine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUBACTERIUM NODATUM;

EID: 0030440595     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1234-987X(199611)9:6<305::AID-MEH437>3.3.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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