Microbial physiology and ecology of slow growth

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-318

  Koch, Arthur L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GROWTH REGULATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOLOGY;

EID: 0031426064     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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