Cell surface properties of organic solvent-tolerant mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3637-3642

  Aono, Rikizo ^a   Kobayashi, Hideki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0030868742     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3637-3642.1997     Document Type: Article

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