Use of photocatalytic reduction to hasten preparation of culture media for saccharolytic clostridium species

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-26

  Fukushima, Romualdo S ^a   Weimer, Paul J ^b,c   Kunz, Daniel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobiosis; Culture medium; Cysteine; Light; Resazurin

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; THERMOANAEROBACTER;

EID: 19944365603     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822003000100006     Document Type: Article

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