Osmoprotection of Escherichia coli by peptone is mediated by the uptake and accumulation of free proline but not of proline-containing peptides

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5272-5278

  Amezaga, Maria Rosario ^a   Booth, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETAINE; PEPTONE; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROTECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYPEROSMOLARITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032751754     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5272-5278.1999     Document Type: Article

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