Effect of fatty acids on the membrane potential of an alkaliphilic Bacillus

Current Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 196-198

  Furusawa, Hisami ^a   Koyama, Noriyuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

12 HYDROXYSTEARIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE 6G;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS; CELL MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FLUORESCENCE; LINOLEIC ACID; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; RHODAMINES; STEARIC ACIDS;

EID: 2942569606     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4161-y     Document Type: Article

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