Reliability of muramic acid as a bacterial biomarker is influenced by methodological artifacts from streptomycin

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-500

  Liang, Chao ^a   Read, Harry W ^a   Balser, Teri C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MURAMIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MURAMIC ACIDS; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 62549092661     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9406-7     Document Type: Article

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