Poly(aspartic acid) degradation by a Sphingomonas sp. isolated from freshwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4268-4270

  Tabata, Kenji ^a   Kasuya, Ken Ichi ^a   Abe, Hideki ^a   Masuda, Kozue ^a   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLYASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RIVER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPHINGOMONAS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 0032874462     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.9.4268-4270.1999     Document Type: Article

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