Stationary-phase mutants of Sinorhizobium meliloti are impaired in stationary-phase survival or in recovery to logarithmic growth

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6432-6440

  Uhde, Claudia ^a   Schmidt, Rainer ^a   Jording, Doris ^a   Selbitschka, Werner ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GROWTH REGULATION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SURVIVAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030860579     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6432-6440.1997     Document Type: Article

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