Ammonium toxicity in bacteria

Current Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 400-406

  Müller, Tim ^a,b   Walter, Britta ^a,c   Wirtz, Astrid ^a   Burkovski, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GROWTH INHIBITION; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645813613     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0370-x     Document Type: Article

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