Screening of soil bacteria for poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid production and its role in the survival of starvation

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-101

  Wang, J G ^a   Bakken, L R ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY-B-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; SOIL BACTERIA; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031962311     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900063     Document Type: Article

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