Metabolism of melamine by Klebsiella terragena

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2832-2835

  Shelton, Daniel R ^a   Karns, Jeffrey S ^a   Mccarty, Greg W ^a   Durham, Don R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b W R GRACE AND CO CONN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYANURIC ACID; MELAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEAMINATION; KLEBSIELLA; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 0030786321     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2832-2835.1997     Document Type: Article

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