Listeria monocytogenes varies among strains to maintain intracellular pH homeostasis under stresses by different acids as analyzed by a high-throughput microplate-based fluorometr

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages

  Cheng, Changyong ^a   Yang, Yongchun ^a   Dong, Zhimei ^a   Wang, Xiaowen ^a   Fang, Chun ^b   Yang, Menghua ^a   Sun, Jing ^a   Xiao, Liya ^a   Fang, Weihuan ^a,b   Song, Houhui ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Intracellular pH; Listeria monocytogenes; PH homeostasis; SigB

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL PH; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DELETION MUTANT; FLUOROMETRY; GENE DELETION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROPLATE READER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 84927562424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00015     Document Type: Article

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