Homogeneity and heterogeneity in amylase production by Bacillus subtilis under different growth conditions

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ploss, Tina N ^a   Reilman, Ewoud ^b   Monteferrante, Carmine G ^b,d   Denham, Emma L ^b,e   Piersma, Sjouke ^b   Lingner, Anja ^a,f   Vehmaanperä, Jari ^c   Lorenz, Patrick ^a   Van Dijl, Jan Maarten ^b  

^a AB Enzymes GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Roal Oy   (Finland)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f c LEcta GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amylase; Bacillus subtilis; Heterogeneity; Secretion stress; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; AMYLASE M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROCEDURES; SECRETORY PATHWAY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

AMYLASES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SECRETORY PATHWAY;

EID: 85007481384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-016-0455-1     Document Type: Article

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