Indole generates quiescent and metabolically active Escherichia coli cultures

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 636-646

  Chen, Chih Chin ^a   Walia, Rupali ^b   Mukherjee, Krishna J ^b   Mahalik, Subhashree ^b   Summers, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell factory; Biorefining; Indole; Metabolite production; Quiescent cells

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTERS; METABOLITES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOREFINING; CELLULAR METABOLITES; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; GENETIC BACKGROUNDS; INDOLE; METABOLITE PRODUCTION; TECHNICAL COMPLEXITY;

CELLS;

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBENICILLIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; ISOQUINOLINE; KANAMYCIN; QUINOLINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BATCH REACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; STABLE EXPRESSION; STOP CODON; SUPERNATANT; TRANSPOSON; BIOREACTOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; INDOLES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84926157115     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201400381     Document Type: Article

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