Biosynthesis of intracellular 5-aminolevulinic acid by a newly identified halotolerant Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 773-778

  Tangprasittipap, Amornrat ^a   Prasertsan, Poonsuk ^a   Choorit, Wanna ^b   Sasaki, Ken ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b WALAILAK UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HIROSHIMA KOKUSAI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Enhancement; Halotolerance; Intracellular 5 aminolevulinic acid; Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

HALOTOLERANCE; INTRACELLULAR 5-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; IRON; LEVULINIC ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TIME;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; LEVULINIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TIME FACTORS;

PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 34147119704     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9303-4     Document Type: Article

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