Enumeration of acetogens by a colorimetric most-probable-number assay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 296-300

  Harriott, Olivia T ^a   Frazer, Anne Cornish ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; TITANIUM; VANILLIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; COLORIMETRY; DEMETHYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031036170     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.296-300.1997     Document Type: Article

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