Transcriptomic analysis of Staphylococcus xylosus in the presence of nitrate and nitrite in meat reveals its response to nitrosative stress

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Vermassen, Aurore ^a   de la Foye, Anne ^a   Loux, Valentin ^a   Talon, Régine ^a   Leroy, Sabine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Meat; Nitrate; Nitrite; Nitrosative stress; Staphylococcus xylosus; Starter; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; NITRATE; NITRITE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOGENESIS; CARBON METABOLISM; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY YIELD; FERMENTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODULATION; NAR GENE; NIR GENE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 84920664747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00691     Document Type: Article

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