Cellulose as extracellular polysaccharide of hot spring sulfur-turf bacterial mat

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2652-2654

  Ogawa, Kazutoshi ^a   Maki, Yonosuke ^b  

^a IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Extracellular polysaccharide; Sulfur oxidizing bacteria; Sulfur turf

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA; CELLULOSE; ECOSYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SULFUR; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4544346659     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2652     Document Type: Article

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