Persistence of Alteromonas genus during a long-term starvation in a marine microcosm

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Cappello, Simone ^a   Denaro, Renata ^a   Giuliano, Laura ^a   Yakimov, Michail M ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alteromonas; Boolean network; Cellular attractor; Starvation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALTEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 42149107038     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179439     Document Type: Article

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