Environmental adaptability and stress tolerance of Laribacter hongkongensis: A genome-wide analysis

Cell and Bioscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Fan, Rachel Y Y ^b   Ho, Tom C C ^b   Wong, Gilman K M ^b   Tsang, Alan K L ^b   Teng, Jade L L ^b   Chen, Wenyang ^b   Watt, Rory M ^b   Curreem, Shirly O T ^b   Tse, Herman ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS;

EID: 80052902447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20453701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-1-22     Document Type: Article

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