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Methanogens: reevaluation of a unique biological group.

Microbiological reviews ·Vol. 43 ·No. 2 ·1979-06-00 ·Pages 260-96

Balch WE, Fox GE, Magrum LJ, Woese CR, Wolfe RS

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MeSH Terms
Bacteriological Techniques/instrumentation Base Sequence Cell Wall/ultrastructure Coenzymes/metabolism Culture Media DNA, Bacterial/analysis Euryarchaeota/analysis,classification,growth & development,metabolism,ultrastructure Lipids/analysis Methane/biosynthesis Oligonucleotides/analysis RNA, Bacterial/analysis RNA, Ribosomal/analysis Terminology as Topic
Chemicals
Coenzymes Culture Media DNA, Bacterial Lipids Oligonucleotides RNA, Bacterial RNA, Ribosomal Methane
Authors & Affiliations
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Balch W E
Fox G E
Magrum L J
Woese C R
Wolfe R S
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Article Info
Journal
Microbiological reviews
Abbr.
Microbiol Rev
ISSN
0146-0749
DOI
10.1128/mr.43.2.260-296.1979
Published
1979-06-00
Pages
260-96
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7806086
PMCID
PMC281474
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/mr.43.2.260-296.1979 PMC Full Text
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