Proteinase production in Pseudomonas fluorescens ON2 is affected by carbon sources and allows surface-attached but not planktonic cells to utilize protein for growth in lake water

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-178

  Nicolaisen, Mette H ^a   Worm, Jakob ^a,b   Jørgensen, Niels O G ^a   Middelboe, Mathias ^a   Nybroe, Ole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alkaline proteinase; Carbon and nitrogen sources; Microcolonies; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; NITROGEN; PROTEINASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CARBON; COLONY; DETRITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; LAKE WATER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANKTON; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; STARVATION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LAKES; NITROGEN; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84857922586     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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