Response of Mycobacterium smegmatis to acid stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  O'Brien, Lyn M ^a   Gordon, Stephen V ^a   Roberts, Ian S ^a   Andrew, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance response; Mycobacterium smegmatis

Indexed keywords

ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOMEOSTASIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0029943859     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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