Bacterial alginate biosynthesis - Recent progress and future prospects

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1133-1143

  Gacesa, Peter ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Azotobacter; Exopolysaccharide; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW;

AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031801558     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1133     Document Type: Review

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