Population heterogeneity in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2040-2048

  Strovas, Tim J ^a,b   Lidstrom, Mary E ^b,c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHANOL; SUCCINIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBON METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; LASER MICROSCOPY; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

CELL DIVISION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; METHANOL; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 67650759672     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.025890-0     Document Type: Article

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