Intracellular accumulation of high levels of γ-aminobutyrate by Listeria monocytogenes 10403S in response to low pH: Uncoupling of γ-aminobutyrate synthesis from efflux in a chemically defined medium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3529-3537

  Karatzas, Kimon Andreas G ^a   Brennan, Orla ^a   Heavin, Sinéad ^a   Morrissey, John ^b   O'Byrne, Conor P ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; BRAIN HEART INFUSIONS; EXTRACELLULAR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE SYSTEMS; GROWTH MEDIA; IN-CELL; INTRACELLULAR ACCUMULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIAN STOMACH; MIXING EXPERIMENTS; MONOCYTOGENES; OVER-EXPRESSION; UP-REGULATION;

CELL CULTURE; CELLS; LISTERIA; MAMMALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ACIDIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; PH; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOSOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953061165     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03063-09     Document Type: Article

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