Cells of Pseudomonas putida and Enterobacter sp. adapt to toxic organic compounds by increasing their size

Extremophiles

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Neumann, Grit ^a   Veeranagouda, Y ^b   Karegoudar, T B ^b   Sahin, Özlem ^a   Mäusezahl, Ines ^a   Kabelitz, Nadja ^a   Kappelmeyer, Uwe ^a   Heipieper, Hermann J ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell size; Coulter counter; Microbial adaptation; Scanning electron microscopy; Toxic organic solvents

Indexed keywords

4 CHLOROPHENOL; 4-CHLOROPHENOL; BUTANOL; CHLOROPHENOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

1-BUTANOL; BACTERIA; CELL SIZE; CHLOROPHENOLS; ENTEROBACTER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENOL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOLVENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER SP.; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 18644376383     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-005-0431-x     Document Type: Article

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