Microscopical investigation of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) granule formation in Azotobacter vinelandii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Hermawan, Siska ^a   Jendrossek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Initiation of poly(3 hydroxybutyrate) synthesis; PHB; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate) granule formation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BEIJERINCKIACEAE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; HYPHOMICROBIUM; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYESTERS;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 33845537229     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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