New Method of Screening for Pressure-sensitive Mutants at High Hydrostatic Pressure

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 235-237

  Kato, Chiaki ^a   Masui, Noriaki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agar plate; Barophilic bacteria; Deep sea; High hydrostatic pressure; Pressure sensitive mutant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042411271     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.235     Document Type: Article

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