Adaptation of Staphylococcus xylosus to nutrients and osmotic stress in a salted meat model

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue FEB, 2016, Pages

  Vermassen, Aurore ^a   Dordet Frisoni, Emilie ^b   De La Foye, Anne ^a   Micheau, Pierre ^a   Laroute, Valérie ^c   Leroy, Sabine ^a   Talon, Régine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSA   (France)

Author keywords

Meat; Nutrient adaptation; Osmotic stress; Staphylococcus xylosus; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CYTOLYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEAT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT LOADING; OSMOTIC STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84962159589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00087     Document Type: Article

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