Biology of the metabolically diverse genus Gordonia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3195-3204

  Arenskötter, Matthias ^a   Bröker, Daniel ^a   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GORDONIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2942595803     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3195-3204.2004     Document Type: Short Survey

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