Hydrogen regulation of growth, growth yields, and methane gene transcription in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum δH

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 889-898

  Morgan, Roderick M ^a   Pihl, Todd D ^a   Nölling, Jörk ^a   Reeve, John N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HYDROGEN; METHANE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031016808     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.889-898.1997     Document Type: Article

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