Changes in Membrane Fluidity and Fatty Acid Composition of Pseudomonas putida CN-T19 in Response to Toluene

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1945-1950

  Kim, In Seon ^a   Shim, Jae Han ^b   Suh, Yong Tack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell membrane; Fatty acid; Pseudomonas; Solvent tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

FATTY ACID; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; ISOMERISM; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; ISOMERISM; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TEMPERATURE; TOLUENE;

EID: 1842838091     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.1945     Document Type: Article

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