Enzymatic/biochemical and cellular fatty acid analyses of Leptotrichia isolates

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-148

  Eribe, Emenike Ribs K ^a   Hofstad, Tor ^a   Olsen, Ingar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biochemical tests; Enzymatic reactions; Fatty acid analysis; Gas chromatography; Leptotrichia

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; FATTY ACID; INDOLE; MANNOSE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; NITRATE; RAFFINOSE; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME MECHANISM; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC DISTANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOTRICHIA; LIPID COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LEPTOTRICHIA; LEPTOTRICHIA BUCCALIS; LEPTOTRICHIA PSEUDOBUCCALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036758511     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089106002320644311     Document Type: Article

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