Metabolism of L(-)-carnitine by Enterobacteriaceae under aerobic conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 295-301

  Elßner, Thomas ^a   Preußer, Andrea ^a   Wagner, Ulrich ^a   Kleber, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Carnitine dehydratase; Crotonobetaine reductase; Enterobacteriaceae; Trimethylammonium compound

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARNITINE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE; HYDROLYASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AEROBIOSIS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARNITINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HYDRO-LYASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032913149     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00151-2     Document Type: Article

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