ANAEROBIC PRODUCTION OF ALGINATE BY PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA - ALGINATERESTRICTS DIFFUSION OF OXYGEN

Authors
HASSETT DJ
Citation
Dj. Hassett, ANAEROBIC PRODUCTION OF ALGINATE BY PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA - ALGINATERESTRICTS DIFFUSION OF OXYGEN, Journal of bacteriology, 178(24), 1996, pp. 7322-7325
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
178
Issue
24
Year of publication
1996
Pages
7322 - 7325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1996)178:24<7322:APOABP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Pseudomonas aeruginosa produced alginate and elevated algD (encoding G DPmannose 6-dehydrogenase) transcription under strict anaerobic condit ions, especially when using nitrate as a terminal electron acceptor, P urified alginate added to bacterial suspensions caused a decrease in g rowth, suggesting that alginate contributes to oxygen limitation fur t ile organism and likely for patients afflicted with the inherited auto somal disease cystic fibrosis.