Role of K+ and amino acids in osmoregulation by the free-living microaerophilic protozoon Hexamita inflata

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 427-433

  Biagini, Giancarlo A ^a   Kirk, Kiaran ^b   Schofield, Phillip J ^a   Edwards, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alanine; Anaerobic protozoa; Membrane transport; Osmoregulation; Volume regulation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; CELL VOLUME; HEXAMITA INFLATA; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

HEXAMITA INFLATA;

EID: 0033977077     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-427     Document Type: Article

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