Relationship between acid tolerance and cell membrane in Bifidobacterium, revealed by comparative analysis of acid-resistant derivatives and their parental strains grown in medium with and without Tween 80

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 5227-5236

  Yang, Xu ^a   Hang, Xiaomin ^b   Zhang, Min ^a,b   Liu, Xianglong ^a   Yang, Hong ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Da Onlly Company Limited   (China)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Bifidobacteria; Cell membrane; Tween 80

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANES;

ACID TOLERANCE; BIFIDOBACTERIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CYCLOPROPANE FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MEMBRANE MODIFICATION; TWEEN 80;

FATTY ACIDS;

ACID; CYCLOPROPANE; POLYSORBATE 80; CULTURE MEDIUM; FATTY ACID; POLYSORBATE;

BACTERIUM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PROBIOTICS; SURFACTANT; TOLERANCE;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

ACIDS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CULTURE MEDIA; FATTY ACIDS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; POLYSORBATES;

EID: 84929948190     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6447-y     Document Type: Article

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