Enhancing acid tolerance of Leuconostoc mesenteroides with glutathione

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 683-687

  Kim, Ji Eun ^a   Eom, Hyun Ju ^a   Kim, Yujin ^a   Ahn, Ji Eun ^a   Kim, Jeong Hwan ^b   Han, Nam Soo ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid stress; Cell growth; Glutathione; Leuconostoc mesenteroides

Indexed keywords

ACID STRESS; ACID TOLERANCE; CELL SURVIVAL; GLUTATHIONES; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MILD ACID; STARTER CULTURES;

CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; LACTIC ACID; PEPTIDES; STARTERS;

BACILLI;

ACID; GLUTATHIONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEUCONOSTOC; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ACIDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG TOLERANCE; GLUTATHIONE; LEUCONOSTOC; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES;

EID: 84858007743     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-011-0815-1     Document Type: Article

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