Molecular and physiological analysis of the role of osmolyte transporters BetL, Gbu, and OpuC in growth of Listeria monocytogenes at low temperatures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2912-2918

  Wemekamp Kamphuis, Henrike H ^a,b   Sleator, Roy D ^c   Wouters, Jeroen A ^a,b,d   Hill, Colin ^c   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; GENES; MICROORGANISMS;

MUTANTS; OSMOLARITY; PATHOGENS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BETAINE; CARNITINE; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BETL; PROTEIN GBU; PROTEIN OPUC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOINFORMATICS; CRYOPROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOLYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CARNITINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 2442644358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.2912-2918.2004     Document Type: Article

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