Conversion of the nitrogen content in liquid manure into biomass and polyglutamic acid by a newly isolated strain of Bacillus licheniformis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Hoppensack, Astrid ^a   Oppermann Sanio, Fred Bernd ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Biomass; Liquid manure; Nitrogen; Polyamide

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CITRIC ACID; GLYCEROL; MINERAL; NITROGEN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIQUID; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

BACILLUS; BIOMASS; MANURE; NITROGEN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037458149     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01132-1     Document Type: Article

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