Isolation of enterococcus hirae mutant deficient in low-affinity potassium uptake at alkaline pH

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1597-1600

  Kawano, Miyuki ^a   Igarashi, Kazuei ^a   Kakinuma, Yoshimi ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MURORAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterococcus hirae; K+ transport; KtrI; KtrII; Low affinity

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PH;

ALKALIES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MUTATION; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 0036651823     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1597     Document Type: Article

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