The anaerobic fungus Piromyces sp. strain E2: Nitrogen requirement and enzymes involved in primary nitrogen metabolism

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 399-404

  Dijkerman, Rembrandt ^a   Ledeboer, Jeroen ^a   Verhappen, Arjan B M ^a   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^a   Van Der Drift, Chris ^a   Vogels, Godfried D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

amino transferases; glutamate dehydrogenase; glutamine synthetase; nitrogen source; Piromyces

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBUMINS; ALLANTOIN; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; FUNGI; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; NAD; NITRITES; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSAMINASES; UREA;

FUNGI; PIROMYCES; PIROMYCES SP.;

EID: 0030448591     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050402     Document Type: Article

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