Flavobacterium johnsoniae as a model organism for characterizing biopolymer utilization in oligotrophic freshwater environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6931-6938

  Sack, Eveline L W ^a   van der Wielen, Paul W J J ^a   van der Kooij, Dick ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOPOLYMERS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED GROWTH; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; EXTRACELLULAR; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HIGHER YIELD; LAMINARINS; MODEL ORGANISMS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; TAP WATER; XYLOGLUCANS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMYLOPECTINS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; MALTOSE; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

GROWTH KINETICS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOPOLYMER; FRESH WATER;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DEGRADATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEPTIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BIOPOLYMERS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FRESH WATER;

EID: 82955237837     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00372-11     Document Type: Article

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