Physiology of the LAB

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Biodiversity and Taxonomy

Volumn 9781444333831, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-30

  Endo, Akihito ^a,b   Dicks, Leon M T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

ATP; Bifidobacteria; Carbohydrates; Energy transduction; Lactic acid bacteria; Metabolism; Nutrients; PEP PTS; PMF; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LACTIC ACID; METABOLISM; NUTRIENTS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSDUCTION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; METABOLIC ENERGY; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; ORGANICS; PEP-PTS; PMF;

CARBOHYDRATES;

EID: 84924745912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118655252.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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