Glycogen phosphorylase is involved in stress endurance and biofilm formation in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Lerner, Anat ^a   Castro Sowinski, Susana ^a,b   Lerner, Hadas ^a   Okon, Yaacov ^a   Burdman, Saul ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; Biofilm; Glycogen; Glycogen phosphorylase; Stress endurance

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FUCOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; RHAMNOSE; RIBOSE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STARVATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD TYPE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 70349675430     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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