Microbial anaerobic aromatic metabolism

Anaerobe

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Heider, Johann ^a   Fuchs, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031080750     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1997.0073     Document Type: Review

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