Chemotaxis of ralstonia sp. strain U2 to naphthalene

Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 490-492

  Xin, Yufeng ^a,b   Liu, Hong ^a   Wang, Shujun ^a   Zhou, Ningyi ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Naphthalene; Ralstonia sp. strain U2

Indexed keywords

RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SP.;

EID: 25444499190     PISSN: 1006687X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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