Role of the Glycine Betaine and Carnitine Transporters in Adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes to Chill Stress in Defined Medium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7492-7498

  Angelidis, Apostolos S ^a   Smith, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; REFRIGERATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHILL-STRESSED CELLS; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; SOLUTE ACCUMULATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARNITINE TRANSPORTER OPUC; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE BETAINE PORTER I; GLYCINE BETAINE PORTER II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OPUC PROTEIN, LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHILL; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPROTECTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FREEZING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH STIMULATION; KINETICS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOLUTE; STEADY STATE; STRESS; ADAPTATION; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUTATION; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 2142743316     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7492-7498.2003     Document Type: Article

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