Reactor-scale cultivation of the hyperthermophilic methanarchaeon Methanococcus jannaschii to high cell densities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5059-5065

  Mukhopadhyay, Biswarup ^a   Johnson, Eric F ^a   Wolfe, Ralph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PH;

METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 0032731169     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.11.5059-5065.1999     Document Type: Article

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