Genes for D-arabinitol and ribitol catabolism from Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1631-1639

  Heuel, H ^a   Shakeri Garakani, A ^a   Turgut, S ^a   Lengeler, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

D arabinitol; dal; Enteric bacteria; Klebsiella pneumoniae; rbt; Ribitol

Indexed keywords

ARABINITOL; RIBITOL;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031746307     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-6-1631     Document Type: Article

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