Contribution of the cell wall component teichuronopeptide to pH homeostasis and alkaliphily in the alkaliphile Bacillus lentus C-125

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 6600-6606

  Aono, Rikizo ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Machida, Takayoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL PH; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS LENTUS;

EID: 0032729244     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.21.6600-6606.1999     Document Type: Article

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