Characterization of bacterial pectinolytic strains involved in the water retting process

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 730-736

  Tamburini, Elena ^a   León, Alicia Gordillo ^b   Perito, Brunella ^b   Mastromei, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CANNABIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLAX; HAPLOTYPES; PECTINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYGALACTURONASE; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM FELSINEUM; CLOSTRIDIUM SACCHAROBUTYLICUM; PAENIBACILLUS; PUMILUS;

EID: 0041350481     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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