Adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to oxygen limitation

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Nakano, Michiko M ^a   Hulett, F Marion ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic gene regulation; Bacillus subtilis; Fermentation; Nitrate respiration; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031431256     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00436-9     Document Type: Review

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