Factors altering pyruvate excretion in a glycogen storage mutant of the cyanobacterium, Synechococcus PCC7942

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Benson, Phoebe J ^a   Purcell Meyerink, Diane ^a,b   Hocart, Charles H ^a   Truong, Thy T ^a   James, Gabriel O ^a,c   Rourke, Loraine ^a   Djordjevic, Michael A ^a   Blackburn, Susan I ^d   Price, G D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Arafura Timor Research Facility   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology of microorganisms; Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen deprivation; Overflow metabolism; Photosynthesis; Physiolology and metabolism; Pyruvate excretion

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLYCOGEN; NITRATE; OXYGEN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CARBON STORAGE; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; EXCRETION; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 84966389384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00475     Document Type: Article

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