Spontaneous Formation of a Mannitol-Producing Variant of Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides Grown in the Presence of Fructose

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2867-2870

  Grobben, Gert J ^a   Peters, Sjors W P G ^a   Wouter Wisselink, H ^a   Weusthuis, Ruud A ^a   Hoefnagel, Marcel H N ^a   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^a,b   Eggink, Gerrit ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; MANNITOL; MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LEUCONOSTOC; METABOLISM;

FRUCTOSE; LEUCONOSTOC; MANNITOL; MANNITOL DEHYDROGENASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0035378207     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2867-2870.2001     Document Type: Article

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