Glutathione protects Lactococcus lactis against acid stress

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5268-5275

  Zhang, Juan ^a   Fu, Rui Yan ^a,d   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^c   Li, Yin ^b   Chen, Jian ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; ENZYMES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH EFFECTS;

ACID STRESS RESISTANCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; STRESS;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CELL PH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS NZ9000; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS SK11; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH MEASUREMENT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ACIDS; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; TIME FACTORS;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548225135     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02787-06     Document Type: Article

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