Regulation of the glutamate-dependent acid-resistance system of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-45

  Bhagwat, Arvind A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Food borne pathogen; Glutamate decarboxylase; Microbial acid resistance

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ACID;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; CHEMISTRY; DIARRHEA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

EID: 1542438913     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00646-3     Document Type: Article

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