Amino acid degradation by the mesophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfobacterium vacuolatum

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-80

  Rees, Gavin N ^a,b,c   Harfoot, Christopher G ^a   Sheehy, Alan J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acid oxidation; Desulfobacterium vacuolatum; Glutamate; Isoleucine; Proline; Sulfate reduction

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CASAMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE; SERINE; SULFATE; SULFIDE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DEGRADATION; DESULFOBACTERIUM VACUOLATUM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

EID: 0031934455     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050543     Document Type: Article

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