Humic acid reduction by Propionibacterium freudenreichii and other fermenting bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4507-4512

  Benz, Marcus ^a   Schink, Bernhard ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FERMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII; STOICHIOMETRY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CECORUM; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM FREUDENREICHII; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031732595     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4507-4512.1998     Document Type: Article

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