A Zymomonas mobilis mutant with delayed growth on high glucose concentrations

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 4598-4604

  Douka, Eugenia ^a   Koukkou, Anna Irini ^a   Vartholomatos, Georgios ^a   Frillingos, Stathis ^a   Papamichael, Emmanuel M ^a   Drainas, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR ACID; XYLOSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0032802571     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.15.4598-4604.1999     Document Type: Article

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