Genetic engineering of serratia marcescens with bacterial hemoglobin gene: Effects on growth, oxygen utilization, and cell size

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-483

  Wei, Mei Ling ^a,b   Webster, Dale A ^a   Stark, Benjamin C ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial hemoglobin; Genetic engineering; Serratia marcescens; Vitreoscilla hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; DNA; GROWTH KINETICS; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CLONING;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEMOGLOBINS; OXYGEN; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 0032549135     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980220)57:4<477::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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