Isolation and characterization of Azotobacter vinehndii mutants impaired in alkylresorcinol synthesis: Alkylresorcinols are not essential for cyst desiccation resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3142-3148

  Segura, Daniel ^a   Vite, Odon ^a   Romero, Yanet ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Castañeda, Miguel ^b   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLRESORCINOL; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; LIPID; RESORCINOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONING; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DESICCATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL SPORE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DESICCATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE ORDER; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; RESORCINOLS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 65549104453     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01575-08     Document Type: Article

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