Physiology and transcriptome of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading Sphingomonas sp. LH128 after long-term starvation

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 9, 2013, Pages 1807-1817

  Fida, Tekle Tafese ^a   Moreno Forero, Silvia K ^b   Heipieper, Hermann J ^c   Springael, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT STARVATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPHINGOMONAS; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VIABLE BUT NONCULTURABLE;

EID: 84883433849     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.065870-0     Document Type: Article

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