Functional citric acid cycle in an arcA mutant of Escherichia coli during growth with nitrate under anoxic conditions

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Prohl, Corinna ^a   Wackwitz, Birgit ^a   Vlad, Dorina ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ArcA; Citric acid cycle; Escherichia coli; Glucose repression; Pseudomonas; Regulation by O2

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; MUTATION; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 0031864646     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050608     Document Type: Article

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