Accumulation of polyphosphate in Lactobacillus spp. and its involvement in stress resistance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1650-1659

  Alcántara, Cristina ^a   Blasco, Amalia ^a   Zúñiga, Manuel ^a   Monedero, Vicente ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; GENE DELETION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTOBACILLUS; MICROSCOPY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; SALTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894041856     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03997-13     Document Type: Article

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