Correlation of intracellular trehalose concentration with desiccation resistance of soil Escherichia coli populations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7407-7413

  Zhang, Qian ^a   Yan, Tao ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RESPONSE; DESICCATION STRESS; DIE-OFF; DIE-OFF RATE; E. COLI; EPS PRODUCTION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; GLYCINE BETAINE; ORGANIC SOLUTES; QUARTZ SAND; REFERENCE STRAINS; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD DEVIATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRATION; PROTEINS; SOILS; STRAIN;

DRIERS (MATERIALS);

TREHALOSE;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; DESICCATION; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOLUTE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CYTOPLASM; DESICCATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREHALOSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868384126     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01904-12     Document Type: Article

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