Isolation and characterization of strain MMB-1 (CECT 4803), a novel melanogenic marine bacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3499-3506

  Solano, Francisco ^a   García, Encarnación ^a   Pérez De Egea, Encarnación ^a   Sanchez Amat, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FOOD PROCESSING; HYDROXYLATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030858020     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3499-3506.1997     Document Type: Article

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