Effects of culture conditions on the mycolic acid composition of isolates of Rhodococcus spp. from activated sludgefoams

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Stratton, H M ^a   Brooks, P R ^b   Carr, E L ^c   Seviour, R J ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c Griffith University ^*

Author keywords

Activated sludge foams; Mycolata; Mycolic acids; Rhodococcus; SIM GC MS

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELL EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; MYCOLIC ACID; POLYSORBATE 80;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCUBATION TIME; ION MONITORING; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHODOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038005032     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203322345994     Document Type: Article

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