The arginine deiminase system facilitates environmental adaptability of Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus through pH adjustment

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 403-412

  Xu, Bin ^a   Yang, Xinyi ^a   Zhang, Ping ^a   Ma, Zhe ^a,b   Lin, Huixing ^a   Fan, Hongjie ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Ammonia; Arginine; Arginine deiminase system; Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; ARGININE DEIMINASE; CELL EXTRACT; HYDROLASE;

AMMONIA FORMATION; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY METABOLISM; STREPTOCOCCUS ZOOEPIDEMICUS; WILD TYPE; ADAPTATION; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMMONIA; ARGININE; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 84964296833     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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