Mechanism of the citrate transporters in carbohydrate and citrate cometabolism in Lactococcus and Leuconostoc species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1594-1600

  Bandell, M ^a   Lhotte, M E ^b   Marty Teysset, C ^a,b   Veyrat, A ^a   Prevost H ^b   Dartois, V ^b   Divies C ^b   Konings, W N ^a   Lolkema, J S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c University of Groningen Center of Biological Sciences Haren   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOCOCCUS; LEUCONOSTOC; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031804720     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1594-1600.1998     Document Type: Article

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