Induction of acid tolerance at neutral pH in log-phase Escherichia coli by medium filtrates from organisms grown at acidic pH

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 447-451

  Rowbury, R J ^a   Goodson, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

ACID TOLERANCE; ACID-TOLERANT; ACIDIC PH; ACTIVITY LOSS; BOILING WATER; E. COLI; EXTRACELLULAR PROTEINS; NEUTRAL PH; STATIONARY PHASE; WATER BATHS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACID; ADENOSINE; BICARBONATE; CYCLIC AMP; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HABITUATION; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PH; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031817319     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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