Cultures of 'Clostridium acetobutylicum' from various collections comprise Clostridium acetobutylicum, Clostridium beijerinckii, and two other distinct types based on DNA-DNA reassociation

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 420-424

  Johnson, J L ^a   Toth, J ^a   Santiwatanakul, S ^a   Chen, J S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BUTANOL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; FERMENTATION; INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030948199     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-420     Document Type: Article

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