Motility and chemotaxis in alkaliphilic Bacillus species

Future Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1137-1149

  Fujinami, Shun ^a   Terahara, Naoya ^b   Krulwich, Terry Ann ^c   Ito, Masahiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Bacillus; Chemotaxis; Flagella; Motility; MotPS; Na + cycle; Nachbac; Sodium dependent; Voltage gated Na+ channel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEA KINASE; CHEW PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW;

BACILLUS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; SODIUM;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 73649103741     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.76     Document Type: Review

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