Uptake and use of the osmoprotective compounds trehalose, glucosylglycerol, and sucrose by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 112-118

  Mikkat, Stefan ^a   Effmert, Uta ^a   Hagemann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

cyanobacterium; glucosylglycerol; osmoregulation; salt adaptation; sucrase; sucrose; Synechocystis sp.; trehalose

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLGLYCEROL; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

CYANOBACTERIA; GLUCOSIDES; MUTATION; OSMOSIS; SUCRASE; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 0030894530     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050423     Document Type: Article

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