Effect of carnitines on Lactobacillus plantarum subjected to osmotic stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-209

  Kets, Edwin P W ^a   De Bont, Jan A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acetylcarnitine; amino acid; carnitine; compatible solute; Lactobacillus plantarum; osmotic stress; propionylcarnitine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARNITINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031027917     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00476-4     Document Type: Article

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