The damaging effects of short chain fatty acids on Escherichia coli membranes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 8317-8327

  Royce, Liam A ^a   Liu, Ping ^b   Stebbins, Matthew J ^a   Hanson, Benjamin C ^a   Jarboe, Laura R ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial inhibition; Escherichia coli; Membrane fluidity; Membrane lipids; Short chain fatty acids; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INHIBITION; CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; SHORT-CHAIN FATTY ACIDS; SHORT-TERM ADAPTATION;

BIOCATALYSTS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; CHAINS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FLUIDITY; FLUIDIZATION; LIPIDS; SATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

MEMBRANES;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID; HEXANOIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

FATTY ACID; FLUIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; POLARIZATION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCATALYST; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY;

EID: 84883554012     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5113-5     Document Type: Article

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