Carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism of Spironucleus vortens

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Millet, Coralie O M ^a   Lloyd, David ^a   Coogan, Michael P ^b   Rumsey, Joanna ^a   Cable, Joanne ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Carbohydrate; Diplomonad; Mass spectrometry; NMR; Spironucleus

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; ALCOHOL; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYSTEINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NITRIC OXIDE; ORNITHINE; OXYGEN; UREA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOMONADIDA; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLIC RATE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPIRONUCLEUS VORTENS; TROPHOZOITE;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CULTURE MEDIA; DIPLOMONADIDA; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRIC ACID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TROPHOZOITES;

DIPLOMONADIDA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SPIRONUCLEUS; SPIRONUCLEUS VORTENS;

EID: 79960898585     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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