Segregating metabolic processes into different microbial cells accelerates the consumption of inhibitory substrates

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1568-1578

  Lilja, Elin E ^a,b   Johnson, David R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Microbiology ^*  (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITOR; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUTATION; NITRITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE;

GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS;

MUTATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84954437600     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.243     Document Type: Article

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