Relationship between acid tolerance, cytoplasmic pH, and ATP and H+- ATPase levels in chemostat cultures of Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2287-2293

  O'Sullivan, Eilís ^a   Condon, Séamus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN CONTENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033013288     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2287-2293.1999     Document Type: Article

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