Enhanced phosphate uptake and polyphosphate accumulation in Burkholderia cepacia grown under low-pH conditions

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-77

  Mullan, A ^a   Quinn, J P ^a   McGrath, J W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PH; PHOSPHATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CANDIDA HUMICOLA; HUMICOLA;

ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SEWAGE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036634988     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-3004-x     Document Type: Article

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