Construction and characterization of an NaCl-sensitive mutant of Halomonas elongata impaired in ectoine biosynthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 293-300

  Göller, Karin ^a   Ofer, Alexandra ^a   Galinski, Erwin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compatible solute; Ectoine biosynthesis; Halomonas elongata; Salt sensitive mutant; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; ECTOINE; HYDROXYECTOINE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MARINOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS ELONGATA; MARINOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344784400     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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