Improvement of a synthetic medium for Dictyostelium discoideum

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 925-930

  Han, Sang In ^a   Friehs, Karl ^a   Flaschel, Erwin ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axenic media; Batch cultivation; Dictyostelium discoideum; Medium design; Shake flask cultivation; Synthetic medium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 1942456766     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(03)00215-2     Document Type: Article

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