Poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production by lactic acid bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-297

  Aslim, Belma ^a   Çalişkan, Fikret ^a   Beyatli, Yavuz ^a   Gündüz, Ufuk ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; Lactococcus; Pediococcus; Poly hydroxybutyrate production; Streptococcus

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; CROTONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PEDIOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; PEDIOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032519988     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00557-0     Document Type: Article

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