Physiology of carbohydrate to solvent conversion by clostridia

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 1997, Pages 31-130

  Mitchell, Wilfrid J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMYLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CELLULASE; HEMICELLULOSE; SOLVENT; STARCH; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; FERMENTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032469479     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(08)60015-6     Document Type: Review

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