The highly toxic oxyanion tellurite (TeO32-) enters the phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus via an as yet uncharacterized monocarboxylate transport system

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Borghese, Roberto ^a   Marchetti, Daniele ^a   Zannoni, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Monocarboxylate transport; Phototrophic bacteria; Rhodobacter capsulatus; Tellurite uptake

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ANION; CARBONYL CYANIDE 4 (TRIFLUOROMETHOXY)PHENYLHYDRAZONE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; MALIC ACID; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; PYRUVIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOSOL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

ACETIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARBONYL CYANIDE P-TRIFLUOROMETHOXYPHENYLHYDRAZONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; LACTIC ACID; MALATES; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; POTASSIUM CYANIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SUCCINIC ACID; TELLURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 38049164099     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0297-7     Document Type: Article

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