Identification of mutations involved in the requirement of potassium for growth of typical Melissococcus plutonius strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3882-3886

  Takamatsu, Daisuke ^a,b   Arai, Rie ^b,c   Miyoshi Akiyama, Tohru ^d   Okumura, Kayo ^d,e   Okura, Masatoshi ^a   Kirikae, Teruo ^d   Kojima, Atsuko ^f   Osaki, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Saitama Prefectural Chuo Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Himeji Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; GENES ENCODING; GENOME SEQUENCES; HONEYBEE PATHOGENS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); POTASSIUM; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

CATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; HONEYBEE; MUTATION; PATHOGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BEE; BIOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POTASSIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM-HYDROGEN ANTIPORTER;

APIS MELLIFERA; MELISSOCOCCUS PLUTONIUS;

EID: 84878588257     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00598-13     Document Type: Article

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