Genetics and regulation of bacterial alginate production

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2997-3011

  Hay, Iain D ^a   Wang, Yajie ^a   Moradali, Mohammed F ^a   Rehman, Zahid U ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84907862010     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12389     Document Type: Review

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