Kinetics and distribution of alcohol oxidising activity in Acholeplasma and Mycoplasma species

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Abu Amero, Khaled K ^a   Abu Groun, Elsir A M ^a   Halablab, Mahmoud A ^a   Miles, Roger J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acholeplasma; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Alcohol oxidation; Mollicute; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ACHOLEPLASMA; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHOLEPLASMA; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLS; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; MYCOPLASMA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ACHOLEPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA DISPAR; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0033955536     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00658-8     Document Type: Article

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