Thiosulfate as a metabolic product: The bacterial fermentation of taurine

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-301

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaerobic desulfonation; Fermentation; Taurine; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; TAURINE; THIOSULFATE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FOREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETATES; AMMONIA; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; FERMENTATION; GRAM-POSITIVE ENDOSPORE-FORMING RODS; TAURINE; THIOSULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030858163     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050502     Document Type: Article

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