Peptidoglycan Structure

Methods in Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2011, Pages 101-129

  Schumann, Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial systematics; Chemotaxonomy; Isolation of peptidoglycan; Peptidoglycan structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 83155182859     PISSN: 05809517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387730-7.00005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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