Effect of ethyl alcohol on growth and intracellular alanine racemase of psychrotrophs

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-244

  Okubo, Yoko ^a,b   Yokoigawa, Kumio ^a   Kawai, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine racemase; Ethyl alcohol; Psychrotroph

Indexed keywords

ALANINE RACEMASE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRESERVATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACILLUS PSYCHROPHILUS; BACILLUS PSYCHROSACCHAROLYTICUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SPOROSARCINA PSYCHROPHILA;

EID: 0032910836     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)89021-5     Document Type: Article

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