Responses to stress and nutrient availability by the marine ultramicrobacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain RB2256

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1287-1294

  Eguchi, Mitsuru ^a   Nishikawa, Takanori ^a   Macdonald, Karen ^b,d   Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^b   Gottschal, Jan C ^c   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Zenyth Therapeutics Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL VOLUME; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STARVATION; STRESS;

EID: 0029879297     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1287-1294.1996     Document Type: Article

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