Changes of curdlan biosynthesis and nitrogenous compounds utilization characterized in ntrC mutant of Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749

Current Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Yu, Li Jun ^a   Wu, Jian Rong ^a   Zheng, Zhi Yong ^a   Zhan, Xiao Bei ^a   Lin, Chi Chung ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMMONIUM TETRACHLORIDE; BIOPOLYMER; CURDLAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NTRC GENE; ORGANISMS BY METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GLUCANS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM SP.; AGROBACTERIUM SP. ATCC 31749;

EID: 79959730627     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-011-9942-0     Document Type: Article

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