Alterations in lipid composition of Mycobacterium vaccae cell wall outer layer enhance β-sitosterol degradation

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-244

  Rumijowska Galewicz, A ^a   Ziolkowski A ^a   Korycka Machala M ^a   Sedlaczek, L ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

sitosterol transformation; Cell wall lipids; D; L norleucine; M fluorophenylalanine; Mycobacterium vaccae

Indexed keywords

3 FLUOROPHENYLALANINE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GLYCOLIPID; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NORLEUCINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SITOSTEROL;

MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE;

EID: 0033911890     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008931628343     Document Type: Article

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