Glycerol is metabolized in a complex and strain-dependent manner in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 779-785

  Bizzini, Alain ^a,b   Zhao, Chen ^a   Budin Verneuil, Aurélie ^a   Sauvageot, Nicolas ^a   Giard, Jean Christophe ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

BUTEA MONOSPERMA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 75149119014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00959-09     Document Type: Article

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