Role of σB in Heat, Ethanol, Acid, and Oxidative Stress Resistance and during Carbon Starvation in Listeria monocytogenes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4454-4457

  Ferreira, Adriana ^a   O'Byrne, Conor P ^b   Boor, Kathryn J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0035490872     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4454-4457.2001     Document Type: Article

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