Adaptation of escherichia coli to elevated sodium concentrations increases cation tolerance and enables greater lactic acid production

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2880-2888

  Wu, Xianghao ^a   Altman, Ronni ^b   Eiteman, Mark A ^a   Altman, Elliot ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; GENES; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POSITIVE IONS;

ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION; FED-BATCH FERMENTATION; GENOME SEQUENCING; LACTIC ACID PRODUCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PYRUVATE FORMATE LYASE; REGULATORY PROCESS; SELECTIVE PRESSURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM;

ADAPTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CATIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTIC ACID; SODIUM;

EID: 84898637077     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03804-13     Document Type: Article

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