Morphological diversity of struvite crystals produced by Myxococcus coralloides and Myxococcus xanthus

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 209-217

  Omar, Nabil Ben ^a   Entrena, Manuel ^a   Gonzalez Muñoz, Ma Teresa ^a   Arias, José Maria ^a   Huertas, Francisco ^b   Rodriguez Gallego, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Myxococcus; Struvite

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTALS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALS; MORPHOLOGY;

CELL LYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOBACTERIA; SOIL BACTERIA; STRUVITE;

MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS;

EID: 5744242447     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249609358285     Document Type: Article

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