Widespread N-acetyl-D-glucosamine uptake among pelagic marine bacteria and its ecological implications

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5554-5562

  Riemann, Lasse ^a   Azam, Farooq ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHITIN; DNA; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HYDROLYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

MICROBIAL ISOLATES;

BACTERIA;

AMINOSUGAR; CHITIN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; OXYGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; STREPTOZOCIN;

BACTERIUM;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOACCUMULATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELAGIC ZONE; PHYLOGENY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; VIBRIONACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 0036841522     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5554-5562.2002     Document Type: Article

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