pH tolerance in Bacillus: Alkaliphiles versus non-alkaliphiles

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 221, Issue , 1999, Pages 167-179

  Krulwich, Terry Ann ^a   Guffanti, Arthur A ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ANTIPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALKALIES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPORTERS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0032609528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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