Sensitivity of Escherichia coli to proline analogues during osmotic stress and anaerobiosis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 202-205

  Reese, L M ^a   Cutler, K O ^a   Deutch, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BACTERIA; AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS;

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIOSIS; AZETIDINE-2-CARBOXYLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; THIAZOLIDINES; WILD TYPES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BETAINE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029983359     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01143.x     Document Type: Article

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