Glutamate decarboxylase-dependent acid resistance in Brucella spp.: Distribution and contribution to fitness under extremely acidic conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 578-586

  Damiano, Maria Alessandra ^a,b   Bastianelli, Daniela ^c   Dahouk, Sascha Al ^d   Köhler, Stephan ^a,b   Cloeckaert, Axel ^e,f   de Biase, Daniela ^c   Occhialini, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e UR1282   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; BRUCELLA SP; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; GENETIC APPROACH; GENOME SEQUENCES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MUTANT STRAIN; OCHROBACTRUM;

ACID RESISTANCE;

ACIDITY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PHENOTYPE; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS; OCHROBACTRUM; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; BRUCELLA; BULLFROG; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; OCHROBACTRUM;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MICE; OCHROBACTRUM; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84920712672     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02928-14     Document Type: Article

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