Active transport of glucosylglycerol is involved in salt adaptation of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1725-1732

  Mikkat, Stefan ^a   Hagemann, Martin ^a   Schoor, Arne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Glucosylglycerol transport; Osmoprotective compound; Salt adaptation; Synechocystis sp.

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DARKNESS; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030004217     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1725     Document Type: Article

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