Mutational engineering of the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum for resistance to growth-inhibitory action of LiCl and NaCl

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-11

  Bhargava, Santosh ^a   Saxena, Rishi K ^a   Pandey, Pramod K ^a   Bisen, Prakash S ^b  

^a BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MADHAV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NITROGENASE; PROLINE; PROLINE DEHYDROGENASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HETEROCYST; MUTATIONAL ENGINEERING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC MUSCORUM; NOSTOC SP.; TRIXIS;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYANOBACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0038162379     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3921-4     Document Type: Article

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