Stress responses of the industrial workhorse Bacillus licheniformis to osmotic challenges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Schroeter, Rebecca ^a   Hoffmann, Tamara ^b   Voigt, Birgit ^a   Meyer, Hanna ^a   Bleisteiner, Monika ^b   Muntel, Jan ^a,f   Jürgen, Britta ^a   Albrecht, Dirk ^a   Becher, Dörte ^a   Lalk, Michael ^a   Evers, Stefan ^c   Bongaerts, Johannes ^c,g   Maurer, Karl Heinz ^d   Putzer, Harald ^e   Hecker, Michael ^a   Schweder, Thomas ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

^d AB Enzymes GmbH   (Germany)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS; BETAINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 84894140149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080956     Document Type: Article

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