Sensitivity of dark mutants of various strains of luminescent bacteria to reactive oxygen species

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 203-208

  Łyzeń, Robert ^a,b   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Bacterial luciferases; Oxidative stress; Photobacterium leiognathi; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CUMENE HYDROPEROXIDE; FERROUS ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUCIFERASE; OXIDIZING AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOBACTERIUM LEIOGNATHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WILD TYPE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUCIFERASES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIUM LEIOGNATHI; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 17444405584     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0764-y     Document Type: Article

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