Polyamines of the thermophilic eubacteria belonging to the genera Aquifex, Thermodesulfobacterium, Thermus and Meiothermus, and the thermophilic archaebacteria belonging to the genera Sulfurisphaera, Sulfophobococcus, Stetteria, Thermocladium, Pyrococcus, Thermococcus, Methanopyrus and Methanothermus

Microbios

Volumn 97, Issue 387, 1999, Pages 117-130

  Hamana, K ^a   Hamana, H ^a   Shinozawa, T ^a   Niitsu, M ^b   Samejima, K ^b   Itoh, T ^c  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaebacteria; Methanogen; Polyamines; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033417912     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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