Phenotypic and transcriptomic analyses of mildly and severely salt-stressed Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 cells

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4111-4119

  Den Besten, Heidy M W ^a,b   Mols, Maarten ^a,b   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b   Zwietering, Marcel H ^b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION MECHANISM; ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BACILLUS CEREUS; CATALASE ACTIVITY; CELLS OVERLAPPED; CELLULAR STRESS; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; FILAMENTATION; LAG PERIOD; OSMOPROTECTANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS RESPONSE; PHENOTYPIC RESPONSE; PRE-EXPOSURE; PROTECTION MECHANISMS; REDUCED GROWTH RATE; SALT STRESS; STRESS RESISTANCE; TEMPORAL SHIFTS; TRANSCRIPTOME RESPONSE; TRANSCRIPTOMES; TRIPEPTIDE; UP-REGULATION;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HARDWOODS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CELL MEMBRANES;

CATALASE; DIPEPTIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; TRIPEPTIDE;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MORPHOLOGY; PEPTIDE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; SALINITY; SALT STRESS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CATALASE; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 14579;

EID: 67149131592     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02891-08     Document Type: Article

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