On the origin of variants of the marine bacterium Deleya aesta 134 able to grow at low Na+ concentration

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 868-878

  MacLeod, Robert A ^a   MacLeod, Patricia R ^a,b   Berthelet, Marc ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Revenue Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c Taxation Revenue Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; Colony accumulation; Deleya aesta; Marine bacteria; Na+ response; Variants

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MUTATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030700430     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-126     Document Type: Article

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