Isolation and characterization of psychrotrophs from subterranean environments

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 746-751

  Rashid, Naeem ^b   Kikuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Ezaki, Satoshi ^a   Atomi, Haruyuki ^a   Imanaka, Tadayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter; Pseudomonas; Psychrophile; Psychrotroph; Subterranean

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROLASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS MARGINALIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032778339     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80147-9     Document Type: Article

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