Cell envelope mutants of Pseudomonas putida: Physiological characterization and analysis of their ability to survive in soil

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 479-488

  Rodríguez Herva, José Juan ^a   Reniero, Daniela ^a,b   Galli, Enrica ^b   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; EXCC PROTEIN, E. COLI; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; O ANTIGEN POLYMERASE; O-ANTIGEN POLYMERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PPLA PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTEOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEOGLYCANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033301996     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.1999.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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