Coagulase-negative staphylococci favor conversion of arginine into ornithine despite a widespread genetic potential for nitric oxide synthase activity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 7741-7751

  Mainar, María Sánchez ^a   Weckx, Stefan ^a   Leroy, Frédéric ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENE ENCODING; NITRIC OXIDE; UREA;

AEROBIC CONDITION; ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATES; ARGININE DEIMINASES; ECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE; GENETIC POTENTIAL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITIES; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ARGININE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRITE;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COAGULASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; COAGULASE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MILK; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORNITHINE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84917691021     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02298-14     Document Type: Article

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