Hydrogen metabolism of mutant forms of Anabaena variabilis in continuous cultures and under nutritional stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 297-301

  Sveshnikov, D A ^a   Sveshnikova, N V ^b   Rao, K K ^a   Hall, D O ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anabaena variabilis; hydrogen metabolism; mutant form

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS;

EID: 0031056356     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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