The behaviour of Fusobacterium nucleatum chemostat-grown in glucose- and amino acid-based chemically defined media

Anaerobe

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-116

  Rogers, A H ^a   Chen, J ^a   Zilm, P S ^a   Gully, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid based; Chemically defined medium; Chemostat; Fusobacteria; Glucose based; Growth characteristics

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE POLYMER; LACTIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CHEMOSTAT; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031809406     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1997.0140     Document Type: Article

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