Quantifying methionine with a green fluorescent Escherichia coli methionine auxotroph

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-203

  Frohlich Jr , C A ^a,b   Zabala Diaz I B ^a,c   Chalova, V I ^a   Kim, W K ^a   Ricke, S C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28844437924     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2005.00017.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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