Synergistic interactions in the microbial world

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 257-261

  Schink, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; AROMATIC COMPOUND; FATTY ACID; METHANE; PYRITE; SUGAR; SULFATE;

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SYNERGISM;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; CHLOROCHROMATIUM; ELECTRON; ENERGY RESOURCE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLITE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PELOCHROMATIUM; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOSIS; SYNECOLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; IRON; METHANE; SULFIDES; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROCHROMATIUM; PELOCHROMATIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036425986     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020579004534     Document Type: Article

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