Bacterial evolution and metabolism

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 257-263

  Trevors, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Energy; Evolution; Genome; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PROKARYOTE;

EID: 0030818871     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000175217677     Document Type: Article

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