Distinctness of spore and vegetative cellular fatty acid profiles of some aerobic endospore-forming bacilli

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 225-241

  Song, Yajun ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Zhang, Minli ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^a   Zhou, Fang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Brevibacillus; Cellular fatty acid (CFA); Paenibacillus; Spore

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACILLACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLI; BREVIBACILLUS; CELL FUSING AGENT VIRUS; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 0033988276     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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