Disaccharides as a new class of nonaccumulated osmoprotectants for Sinorhizobium meliloti

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1491-1500

  Gouffi, Kamila ^a   Pica, Nathalie ^a   Pichereau, Vianney ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; DISACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032914867     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1491-1500.1999     Document Type: Article

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