Exposure of Escherichia coli to acid habituation conditions sensitizes it to alkaline stress

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-61

  Rowbury, R J ^a   Hussain, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS;

ALKALI SENSITIVITY; ALKALINES; CONDITION; DNA GYRASES; GYRASE INHIBITORS; NOVO PROTEINS; PHENOTYPIC RESPONSE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSITISATION; Β- GALACTOSIDASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SENSITIZATION; STRESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030071373     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01108.x     Document Type: Article

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