Involvement of outer-membrane proteins in the aggregation of Azospirillum brasilense

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1145-1152

  Burdman, Saul ^a   Jurkevitch, Edouard ^a   Schwartsburd, Boris ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Azospirillum brasilense; Flocculation; Outer membrane proteins

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEINASE K;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOASSAY; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOCCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ULTRASOUND;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032923138     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-5-1145     Document Type: Article

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