Biochemical characteristics of a mutant of the methanoarchaeon Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus resistant to the protonophoric uncoupler TCS

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-150

  Cubonova L' ^a   Majernik A ^a   Smigan P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 1642282508     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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