The effect of salinity stress on the accumulation of compatible solutes related to the induction of salt-tolerance in Escherichia coli

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-336

  Ishida, Akio ^a   Otsuka, Naomi ^a   Nagata, Shinichi ^b   Adachi, Kyoko ^c   Sano, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^c MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREHALOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029851809     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.42.331     Document Type: Article

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