Taurine-sulfur assimilation and taurine-pyruvate aminotransferase activity in anaerobic bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3021-3024

  Chien, Chih Ching ^a   Leadbetter, E R ^a   Godchaux III, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; SULFUR; TAURINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 0030851405     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3021-3024.1997     Document Type: Article

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