Influence of the growth substrate on the mycolic acid profiles of mycobacteria

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 612-616

  Wick, Lukas Y ^a   Wattiau, Pierre ^b   Harms, Hauke ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL WALL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; LURIA; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0036800922     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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