Response of a strict anaerobe to oxygen: Survival strategies in Desulfovibrio gigas

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1513-1522

  Fareleira, Paula ^a,b   Santos, Bruno S ^a   António, Célia ^a   Moradas Ferreira, Pedro ^c   LeGall, Jean ^a,d   Xavier, António V ^a   Santos, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; CELL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; LACTIC ACID; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE; OXYGEN; SCAVENGER; SULFATE; SUPEROXIDE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0038480736     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26155-0     Document Type: Review

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