Growth-promoting effect of carbon material upon bacterial cells propagating through a distance

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-230

  Matsuhashi, Michio ^a,b   Endoh, Katsura ^b,c   Pankrushina, Alia N ^a   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamura, Hideki ^a   Komiyama, Mayumi ^a   Endo, Shigeo ^a   Tobi, Mikio ^a   Ohshima, Hideyuki ^a   Mano, Yoshihiro ^a   Hyodo, Masao ^a   Kaneko, Tomohiko ^b   Otani, Sugio ^a,b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TVER STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial growth; Carbon; Electromagnetic; Graphite; Growth regulation; Stress; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALUMINUM; CARBON; DIAMOND; GRAPHITE; GROWTH PROMOTOR; IRON; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GROWTH REGULATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030726419     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.225     Document Type: Article

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