Cultivation of recalcitrant microbes: Cells are alive, well and revealing their secrets in the 21st century laboratory

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 274-281

  Leadbetter, Jared R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSPHERE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPIROCHAETA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 0038265180     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(03)00041-9     Document Type: Review

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