Osmotically regulated synthesis of the compatible solute ectoine in Bacillus pasteurii and related Bacillus spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 772-783

  Kuhlmann, Anne U ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEINS;

BLOT ANALYSIS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE; ECTOINE; ECTOINE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

SOLUTE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ECTA GENE; ECTB GENE; ECTC GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OSMOLALITY; OSMOSIS; PAENIBACILLUS; PROMOTER REGION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANEURINIBACILLUS; ANEURINIBACILLUS ANEURINILYTICUS; BACILLUS ALCALOPHILUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; POLYMYXA; POSIBACTERIA; SPOROSARCINA PASTEURII; SPOROSARCINA PSYCHROPHILA; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 0036151758     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.2.772-783.2002     Document Type: Article

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