Effects of growth-inhibitory concentrations of copper on alginate biosynthesis in highly mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 481-488

  Leitão, Jorge H ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alginate biosynthesis; Alginate enzymes; Alginate gene expression; Copper; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; COPPER ION; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE; MANNOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 1842326813     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-481     Document Type: Article

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