Effect of acetate on molecular and physiological aspects of Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052 solvent production and strain degeneration

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 499-505

  Chen, Chih Kuang ^a   Blaschek, Hans P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MC 630 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033013654     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.499-505.1999     Document Type: Article

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