Isolation and metabolic characterization of a Pseudomonas stutzeri mutant able to grow on the three isomers of xylene

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3279-3281

  Di Lecce, Cinzia ^a   Accarino, Michela ^a   Bolognese, Fabrizio ^a   Galli, Enrica ^a   Barbieri, Paola ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipto Genet Biol Microrganismi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXYGENATION; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REVERTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0030788015     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3279-3281.1997     Document Type: Article

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