Effect of seawater on Escherichia coli β-galactosidase activity

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-180

  Pommepuy, M ^a,e   Fiksdal, L ^b   Gourmelon, M ^c   Melikechi, H ^d   Caprais, M P ^b   Cormier, M ^a   Colwell, R R ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Plouzané   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Laboratoire de Microbiologie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSMOSIS; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENZYMES ACTIVITY; EXPONENTIALS; FECAL COLIFORM; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; SEWAGE BACTERIAS; STATIONARY PHASE; Β- GALACTOSIDASE;

CELLS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGHT; OSMOTIC STRESS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029813923     PISSN: 00218847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb04496.x     Document Type: Article

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