Ethanol tolerance, yield of melanin, swarming motility and growth are correlated with the expression levels of aiiA gene in Bacillus thuringiensis

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 967-974

  Zhou, Yi ^a,b   Ye, Wei Xing ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a   Zhu, Chen Guang ^a   Sun, Ming ^a   Yu, Zi Niu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AHL lactonase; B. thuringiensis; Ethanol tolerance; Growth; Melanin; Swarming motility

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ETHANOL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AHL LACTONASE; B. THURINGIENSIS; ETHANOL TOLERANCE; GROWTH; MELANIN; SWARMING MOTILITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LURIA;

EID: 33645241079     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2005.08.037     Document Type: Article

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