Inhibitory effect of L-pyroglutamate on extremophiles: Correlation with growth temperature and pH

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-190

  Park, Chan Beum ^a,c   Ryu, Dewey D Y ^b   Lee, Sun Bok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Davis   (United States)

^c AZ 85281   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremophile; Growth inhibition; L Glutamate; L Pyroglutamate

Indexed keywords

PYROGLUTAMIC ACID;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; AEROPYRUM; ALICYCLOBACILLUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTOPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METALLOSPAERA SEDULA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RHODOTHERMUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THERMUS AQUATICUS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COLD; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0142062420     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00213-1     Document Type: Article

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