Dynamics of substrate consumption and enzyme synthesis in Chelatobacter heintzii during growth in carbon-limited continuous culture with different mixtures of glucose and nitrilotriacetate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-140

  Bally, Matthias ^a   Egli, Thomas ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; DILUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE;

AMINOBACTER AMINOVORANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030040204     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.133-140.1996     Document Type: Article

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