Assessment of the oxidant tolerance of Methanosarcina acetivorans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 343, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Horne, Alexandra J ^a   Lessner, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobe; Archaea; Catalase; Methanogen; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CATALASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LETTER; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OXIDANT TOLERANCE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPOT PLATING ASSAY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANOSARCINA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OXIDANTS;

METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

EID: 84877602025     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12115     Document Type: Letter

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