Acid and base stress and transcriptomic responses in Bacillus subtilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 981-990

  Wilks, Jessica C ^a   Kitko, Ryan D ^a   Cleeton, Sarah H ^a   Lee, Grace E ^a   Ugwu, Chinagozi S ^a   Jones, Brian D ^a   Bondurant, Sandra S ^b   Slonczewski, Joan L ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOIN; AFFYMETRIX; ARGININE CATABOLISMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DECARBOXYLASES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; LAG-TIME; METAL EXPORTS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHASE CULTURES; POLYAMINE; SUBTILIS;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; GROWTH (MATERIALS); METABOLISM; METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM;

CELL CULTURE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; KETONE; METABOLISM; PH;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKALIES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; LURIA; SPEA;

EID: 59949093650     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01652-08     Document Type: Article

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