Formate and ethanol are the major products of glycerol fermentation produced by a Klebsiella planticola strain isolated from red deer

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-174

  Jarvis, G N ^a,c   Moore, E R B ^b   Thiele, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ETHANOL; RNA;

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; CARBON BALANCE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; END-PRODUCTS; GLYCEROL FERMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

GLYCEROL;

ALCOHOL; FORMIC ACID; GLYCEROL; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL GROWTH; DEER; FERMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; KLEBSIELLA; RAOULTELLA PLANTICOLA;

EID: 0030802585     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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