The impact of oxygen tension on cell density and metabolic diversity of microbial communities in alkane degrading continuous-flow cultures

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 70-77

  Berthe Corti, L ^a   Bruns, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH;

EID: 0032930198     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002489900131     Document Type: Article

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