Carbohydrate starvation causes a metabolically active but nonculturable state in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2498-2512

  Ganesan, Balasubramanian ^a   Stuart, Mark R ^a,b   Weimer, Bart C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS;

AUTOLYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE STARVATION; CELL DIVISION; LACTOCOCCAL STRAIN; LOGARITHMIC GROWTH; METABOLIC ACTIVITY;

CARBOHYDRATES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; AMINOPEPTIDASE; ARGININE; CARBOHYDRATE; ESTERASE; GLUTAMINE; LACTOSE; METHIONINE; SERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CATABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STARVATION; SUGAR; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; COLONY FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; STARVATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; AMINOPEPTIDASES; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL WALL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOSE; LIPASE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 34247634967     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01832-06     Document Type: Article

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