Identification of a cell-wall channel in the corynemycolic acid-free gram-positive bacterium Corynebacterium amycolatum

International Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Dörner, Ursula ^a   Schiffler, Bettina ^a   Lanéelle, Marie Antoinette ^b   Daffé, Mamadou ^b   Benz, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cell wall channel; Corynebacterium amycolatum; Corynemycolic acids; Fatty acid composition; Reconstitution experiments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMYCOLATUM; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; PORIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL WALL; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FATTY ACIDS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PORINS;

EID: 66349102502     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.79     Document Type: Article

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