Pyrimidine base supplementation effects curdlan production in Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-157

  West, Thomas P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CURDLAN; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; METABOLISM; RHIZOBIUM;

BETA-GLUCANS; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIA; PYRIMIDINES; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM SP. ATCC 31749; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 33646257774     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200510067     Document Type: Article

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