Effect of uracil on rifamycin SV production by Amycolatopsis mediterranei MV35R

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-76

  Murali Krishna, P S ^a   Venkateswarlu, G ^a   Venkateswar Rao, L ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AMYCOLATOPSIS MEDITERRANEI; FERMENTATION MEDIA; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RIFAMYCINS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

BARBITAL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMYCIN SV DERIVATIVE; URACIL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0033910672     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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