Effect of environmental haemin upon the physiology and biochemistry of Prevotella intermedia R78

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-36

  Stubbs, S ^e   Hobot, J A ^a   Waddington, R J ^b   Embery, G ^b   Lewis, M A O ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b Basic Dental Science   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY;

BATCH CULTURE; BINDING ACTIVITIES; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CONDITION; EXTRACELLULAR; INTERMEDIA; PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRIES; PREVOTELLA;

PHYSIOLOGY;

HEMIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 0032814684     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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