Mutation in a d-alanine-d-alanine ligase of Azospirillum brasilense Cd results in an overproduction of exopolysaccharides and a decreased tolerance to saline stress

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Jofré, Edgardo ^a   Fischer, Sonia ^a   Príncipe, Analía ^a   Castro, Marina ^a   Ferrari, Walter ^a   Lagares, Antonio ^b   Mori, Gladys ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Cell division; D alanine d alanine ligase; Exopolysaccharide; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE GENE; FTS GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; RHIZOBIALES;

EID: 57449106109     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01421.x     Document Type: Article

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