Evaluation of gene expression and alginate production in response to oxygen transfer in continuous culture of Azotobacter vinelandii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Díaz Barrera, Alvaro ^a   Martínez, Fabiola ^a   Pezoa, Felipe Guevara ^a   Acevedo, Fernando ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; LYASE; OXYGEN; SUCROSE; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIUM; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID;

ALG44 GENE; ALG8 GENE; ALGE7 GENE; ALGL GENE; ALYA1 GENE; ALYA2 GENE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON UTILIZATION; CHEMOSTAT; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; POLYMERIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOMASS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; SUCROSE;

EID: 84924850878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105993     Document Type: Article

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