Analysis of a continuous-culture technique for the selection of mutants tolerant to extreme environmental stress

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-406

  Lane, P G ^a   Oliver, S G ^a   Butler, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Environmental stress; Growth inhibitor; Interactive continuous selection; Microbial mutants; Microbiol evolution

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME INHIBITION;

BROWN AND OLIVER INTERACTIVE-CONTINUOUS SELECTION (BOICS); MICROBIAL MUTANTS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHEMOSTAT; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL DIVISION; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); STRESS, MECHANICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033589823     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19991120)65:4<397::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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