Transient accumulation of glycine betaine and dynamics of endogenous osmolytes in salt-stressed cultures of Sinorhizobium meliloti

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4657-4663

  Talibart, Roland ^a,b   Jebbar, Mohamed ^a   Gouffi, Kamila ^a   Pichereau, Vianney ^a   Gouesbet, Gwenola ^a,c   Blanco, Carlos ^a   Bernard, Théophile ^a   Pocard, Jean Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Inst Universitaire de Technologie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; OSMOLALITY; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030732210     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.12.4657-4663.1997     Document Type: Article

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