Multiple responses of Gram-negative bacteria to organic solvents

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-198

  Segura, Ana ^a   Duque, Estrella ^a   Mosqueda, Gilberto ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a   Junker, Frank ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL MEMBRANE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HYDROCARBONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0033140330     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00033.x     Document Type: Review

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