Bacillus cereus cell response upon exposure to acid environment: Toward the identification of potential biomarkers

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Desriac, Noémie ^a,b   Broussolle, Véronique ^b,c   Postollec, Florence ^a   Mathot, Anne Gabrielle ^b   Sohier, Danièle ^a   Coroller, Louis ^b   Leguerinel, Ivan ^b  

^a ADRIA Développement UMT 08 3 PHYSI'Opt   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BREST   (France)

^c UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

Author keywords

Acid stress response; Bacillus cereus; General stress response; Metabolic rearrangement; Oxidative stress response; pH homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ACETOIN; ACID; ALKALI; AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; BACTERIOFERRITIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRINASE; CATALASE; CHAPERONE; FERROCHELATASE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEINASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SOLUBLE N ETHYLMALEIMIDE SENSITIVE FACTOR ATTACHMENT PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AMMONIA FORMATION; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FERMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84885415763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00284     Document Type: Review

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