Salt induces biosynthesis of hemolytically active compounds in the xerotolerant food-borne fungus Wallemia sebi

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-46

  Botić, Tanja ^a   Kunčič, Marjetka K ^b   Sepčić, Kristina ^c   Knez, Željko ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b Tovarna Sanitetnega Materiala dd (TOSAMA) Medical Supplies   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Halophilic fungus; Hemolytic activity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEMOLYTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; FUNGUS; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID VESICLE; MAMMAL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALLEMIA SEBI;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; ERYTHROCYTES; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEMOLYSIS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; WALLEMIA SEBI;

EID: 83055180719     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02428.x     Document Type: Article

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