Bacterial carnitine metabolism

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Kleber, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter sp.; carnitine; degradation; Escherichia coli; Pseudomonas sp.; trimethylammonium compound

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ACINETOBACTER; CELL CULTURE; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG METABOLISM; ENANTIOMER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ACINETOBACTER; CARNITINE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0031042750     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00412-0     Document Type: Review

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