Osmotically induced intracellular trehalose, but not glycine betaine accumulation promotes desiccation tolerance in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Welsh, David T ^a   Herbert, Rodney A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desiccation tolerance; Glycine betaine; Osmoadaptation; Stress resistance; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; TREHALOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BETAINE; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; TREHALOSE;

EID: 0032949065     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00122-6     Document Type: Article

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