A Bacillus subtilis 168 mutant with increased xylose uptake can utilize xylose as sole carbon source

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 175-178

  Schmiedel, Dagmar ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Spontaneous mutation; Xylan; Xylose regulation; Xylose uptake

Indexed keywords

XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CATABOLISM; CELL TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030030841     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00445-9     Document Type: Article

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