Genetic Characterization of the CarotenoidBiosynthetic Pathway in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 andIsolation of a ColorlessMutant
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.12.7563-7566.2003