Taurine reduction in anaerobic respiration of Bilophila wadsworthia RZATAU

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2016-2021

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO SP.; PITTA;

EID: 0030980121     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.5.2016-2021.1997     Document Type: Article

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