Whole-Cell Fatty Acid Analysis in the Systematics of Bacillus and Related Genera

Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 271-299

  Kämpfer, Peter ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Carbon atoms; Cell membranes; Fatty acid; Lipid

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844364169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696743.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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