Organic solvent tolerance of Escherichia coli is independent of OmpF levels in the membrane

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 294-296

  Asako, Hiroyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Kei ^a   Aono, Rikizo ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032931467     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.1.294-296.1999     Document Type: Article

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