Silica Gel-Dependent Production of Prodigiosin and Serrawettins by Serratia marcescens in a Liquid Culture

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 250-254

  Yamashita, Miyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Yoji ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Matsuyama, Tohey ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

micro surfaces; prodigiosin; Serratia marcescens; serrawettins; silica gel

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244431664     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2001.250     Document Type: Article

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