Growth of an Escherichia coli mutant deficient in respiration

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-145

  Futatsugi, Lui ^a   Saito, Hiromi ^a   Kakegawa, Tomohito ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Growth at low pH; Heme deficient mutant; Respiration

Indexed keywords

HEME; LYSINE; OXYGEN;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECARBOXYLATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

AEROBIOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEME; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYSINE; MUTATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE;

EID: 0031277823     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00417-5     Document Type: Article

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