Temperature- and salinity-decoupled overproduction of hydroxyectoine by chromohalobacter salexigens

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1018-1023

  Rodríguez Moya, Javier ^a   Argandoña, Montserrat ^a   Iglesias Guerra, Fernando ^a   Nieto, Joaquín J ^a   Vargas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXPRESSED; ECTOINE; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; LOW SALINITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

DIAMINO ACID; HYDROXYECTOINE;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLASMID; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOHALOBACTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLASMID; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CHROMOHALOBACTER; GENE DOSAGE; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLASMIDS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84873821591     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02774-12     Document Type: Article

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