Use of reduced sulfur compounds by Beggiatoa spp.: Enzymology and physiology of marine and freshwater strains in homogeneous and gradient cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3957-3964

  Hagen, Kari D ^a   Nelson, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEGGIATOA; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA;

EID: 0030863346     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3957-3964.1997     Document Type: Article

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