Unique characteristics of anaerobic alkalophiles belonging to Amphibacillus xylanus

Microbios

Volumn 89, Issue 358, 1997, Pages 7-14

  Kodama, Hiroaki ^a   Koyama, Noriyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkalophile; Membrane potential; NH+4

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031514431     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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