Direct extraction of catalytic proteins from natural microbial communities

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-63

  Ogunseitan, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communities; environment; enzymes; microbial; natural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031040980     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(96)00962-1     Document Type: Article

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