Beijerinck and the bioluminescent bacteria: Microbiological experiments in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-194

  Robertson, Lesley A ^a   Figge, Marian J ^b   Dunlap, Paul V ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijerinck; Bioluminescence; Historical microbiology; Photobacterium splendidum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; HYDROGEN; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUGAR; SURVIVAL; YEAST;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTORY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIBRIO; YEAST;

BACTERIOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIUM;

EID: 78650818074     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.01004.x     Document Type: Review

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