Starvation, cessation of growth and bacterial aging

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 214-219

  Nyström, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; STARVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033118280     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)80037-X     Document Type: Article

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