Phenotypic characteristics of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans strains

Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-194

  Ageeva, S N ^a   Kondrat'eva, T F ^a   Karavaiko, G I ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Growth and substrate oxidizing activity; Microevolution; Oxidized substrate; Strain polymorphism; Strains of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644482059     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010429530102     Document Type: Article

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