Transport of acetic acid in Zygosaccharomyces bailii: Effects of ethanol and their implications on the resistance of the yeast to acidic environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3152-3157

  Sousa, Maria João ^a   Miranda, Letícia ^a   Côrte Real, Manuela ^a   Leão, Cecília ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; FORMIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; PROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PH; STRESS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES;

FUNGI; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES BAILII;

EID: 0029787003     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3152-3157.1996     Document Type: Article

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