Auxotrophy for uridine increases the sensitivity of Aspergillus niger to weak-acid preservatives

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1251-1257

  Melin, Petter ^a,b   Stratford, Malcolm ^a   Plummridge, Andrew ^a   Archer, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ADENINE; AMINO ACID; BENZOIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN PYRG; SORBIC ACID; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SORBIC ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; URIDINE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 44349117413     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/014332-0     Document Type: Article

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