Estimation of methanogen biomass by quantitation of coenzyme M

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5541-5545

  Elias, Dwayne A ^a   Krumholz, Lee R ^a   Tanner, Ralph S ^a   Suflita, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESNA; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; ENZYME; ESTIMATION METHOD; METHANOGENESIS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032736466     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5541-5545.1999     Document Type: Article

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