3-Methylindole production is regulated in Clostridium scatologenes ATCC 25775

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-132

  Doerner, K C ^a   Cook, K L ^b   Mason, B P ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal waste; Emissions; Malodour; Skatole; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DEGRADATION; HEALTH RISKS;

ANIMAL WASTES; BRAIN HEART INFUSIONS; EMISSION; EXTRACELLULAR; L-TRYPTOPHAN; MALODOURS; RICH MEDIAS; SKATOLE; TRYPTONE; TRYPTOPHAN;

CELLS;

CARBOXYLYASE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; SKATOLE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACETIC ACID; CELL CULTURE; DEGRADATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PH EFFECTS; YEAST;

BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; EMISSION; WASTE;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM SCATOLOGENES;

EID: 58149316038     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02502.x     Document Type: Article

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