β-carotene production in a novel hydrogen-producing marine photosynthetic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum expressing the Erythrobacter longus OCh101 crt I and crt Y genes

Journal of Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 224-229

  Takeyama, Haruko ^a   Sunarjo, Jeanne ^a   Yamada, Akiyo ^a   Matsumura, Haruo ^b   Kusakabe, Etsuko ^b   Matsunaga, Tadashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

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EID: 8744283743     PISSN: 09412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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