Use of a glycerol-limited, long-term chemostat for isolation of Escherichia coli mutants with improved physiological properties

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1567-1574

  Weikert, Christian ^a   Sauer, Uwe ^a   Bailey, James E ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemostat selection; Escherichia coli; Glycerol limitation; Growth physiology; Stress resistance

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMOSTAT; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030907550     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-5-1567     Document Type: Article

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