Transient alginate gene expression by Pseudomonas putida biofilm residents under water-limiting conditions reflects adaptation to the local environment

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1578-1590

  Li, Xiaohong ^a   Nielsen, Lindsey ^a   Nolan, Connor ^a   Halverson, Larry J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; WATER;

EID: 77957946018     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02186.x     Document Type: Article

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