Membrane potential, proton and sodium motive forces in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7-S

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-301

  Wood, Craig C ^a   Ritchie, Raymond J ^a   Kennedy, Ivan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azospirillum; Flagella rotation; Ion motive force; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

AMILORIDE; PROTON; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; FLAGELLUM; FORCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 0032528283     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00230-4     Document Type: Article

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