Urea production by the marine bacteria Delaya venusta and Pseudomonas stutzeri grown in a minimal medium

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-217

  Therkildsen, Mette S ^a   Isaksen, Mai F ^a   Lomstein, Bente Aa ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth phases; Marine bacteria; Production; Turnover; Urea

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0038749357     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame013213     Document Type: Article

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