Strains of Bacillus cereus vary in the phenotypic adaptation of their membrane lipid composition in response to low water activity, reduced temperature and growth in rice starch

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1397-1404

  Haque, Md Amwarul ^a,b   Russell, Nicholas J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; STARCH; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOD POISONING; LIPID COMPOSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 2942563986     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26767-0     Document Type: Article

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