Glutamate dehydrogenase activity profiles for type strains of ruminal Prevotella spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3314-3317

  Wen, Zezhang ^a   Morrison, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVOTELLA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTEROIDACEAE; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA BREVIS; PREVOTELLA BRYANTII; PREVOTELLA RUMINICOLA; PREVOTELLA SP.; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030851473     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3314-3317.1997     Document Type: Article

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