Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus levansucrase is involved in tolerance to NaCl, sucrose and desiccation, and in biofilm formation

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-149

  Velázquez Hernández, M Lourdes ^a   Baizabal Aguirre, Víctor M ^a   Cruz Vázquez, Fermín ^b,c   Trejo Contreras, Mayra J ^a   Fuentes Ramírez, Luis E ^b   Bravo Patiño, Alejandro ^a   Cajero Juárez, Marcos ^a   Chávez Moctezuma, Martha P ^a   Valdez Alarcón, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Diazotroph; Levansucrase; Osmotic stress

Indexed keywords

LEVANSUCRASE; MACROGOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE TOLERANCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GLUCONACETOBACTER; GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALT TOLERANCE;

BIOFILMS; DESICCATION; FRUCTANS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCONACETOBACTER; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; MUTATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUCONACETOBACTER DIAZOTROPHICUS;

EID: 79251623822     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0651-z     Document Type: Article

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