Short- and long-term biomarkers for bacterial robustness: A framework for quantifying correlations between cellular indicators and adaptive behavior

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  den Besten, Heidy M W ^a,b   Arvind, Aarathi ^a,b   Gaballo, Heidi M S ^a,b   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,b   Zwietering, Marcel H ^b   Abee, Tjakko ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; PROTEIN CLPC; PROTEIN SIGB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTION; SALT STRESS; ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 78149428964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013746     Document Type: Article

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