Cereulide produced by Bacillus cereus increases the fitness of the producer organism in low-potassium environments

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1106-1116

  Ekman, Jaakko V ^a,c   Kruglov, Alexey ^b   Andersson, Maria A ^a   Mikkola, Raimo ^a   Raulio, Mari ^a,d   Salkinoja Salonen, Mirja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c KEMIRA OYJ   (Finland)

^d VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREULIDE; ION; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DEPSIPEPTIDES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 84859116572     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.053520-0     Document Type: Article

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