Buffering capacity and membrane H+ conductance of neutrophilic and alkalophilic gram-positive bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1344-1349

  Rius, Núria ^a   Lorén, José G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PH; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS ALCALOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031958068     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1344-1349.1998     Document Type: Article

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