Atypical polyphosphate accumulation by the denitrifying bacterium Paracoccus denitrificans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1209-1212

  Barak, Yoram ^a   Van Rijn, Jaap ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYPHOSPHATE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; SYNTHESIS;

ACETATES; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; NITRATES; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHOSPHATES; POLYESTERS; POLYPHOSPHATES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0343750700     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1209-1212.2000     Document Type: Article

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