Fermentation of cysteate by a sulfate-reducing bacterium

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 210-214

  Laue, Heike ^a   Denger, Karin ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic desulfonation; Desulfonation; Desulfovibrio; Sulfate; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Sulfide; Sulfonate fermentation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE;

EID: 0030830082     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050490     Document Type: Article

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