Recent trends in industrial microbiology

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Beloqui, Ana ^a   de María, Pablo Domínguez ^b   Golyshin, Peter N ^c,d   Ferrer, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; GENOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 45849133393     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.04.005     Document Type: Review

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