Classification of bacteria isolated from a medieval wall painting

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-52

  Altenburger, Petra ^a   Kämpfer, Peter ^b   Makristathis, Athanasios ^c   Lubitz, Werner ^a   Busse, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agromyces; Bacillus; Kocuria; Polyphasic approach; Wall painting; Subclass of the Proteobacteria

Indexed keywords

DIAMINO ACID; ISOPRENOID; POLYAMINE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUILDING; NONHUMAN; PAINTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVIBACTER; KOCURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RATHAYIBACTER; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030572373     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01376-4     Document Type: Article

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