Insights into the low-temperature adaptation and nutritional flexibility of a soil-persistent Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-85

  Brennan, Fiona P ^a   Grant, Jim ^b   Botting, Catherine H ^c   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^d   Richards, Karl G ^e   Abram, Florence ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Environmental E. coli; Phenotypic microarrays; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; BIOINDICATOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES; GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; PROTEOMICS; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COLD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEOMICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84874714416     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12038     Document Type: Article

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