Effects of a lipophilic environmental pollutant (DDT) on the phospholipid and fatty acid contents of Bacillus stearothermophilus

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Donato, M M ^a   Jurado, A S ^a   Antunes Madeira, M C ^a   Madeira, V M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID BILAYER; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS; INSECTICIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031458861     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900263     Document Type: Article

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