Substrates specialization in lipid compounds and hydrocarbons of Marinobacter genus

Patricia Bonin1, Christophe Vieira1,2, Régis Grimaud3

  • 1Aix Marseille Université, UM110, MIO CNRS IRD, campus de Luminy, case 901, 13288, Marseille, France.

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