IDENTIFICATION OF A HIGH-AFFINITY GLYCINE BETAINE TRANSPORT-SYSTEM INSTAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS

Authors
BAE JH ANDERSON SH MILLER KJ
Citation
Jh. Bae et al., IDENTIFICATION OF A HIGH-AFFINITY GLYCINE BETAINE TRANSPORT-SYSTEM INSTAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 59(8), 1993, pp. 2734-2736
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
59
Issue
8
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2734 - 2736
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1993)59:8<2734:IOAHGB>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus accumulates proline and glycine betaine when cel ls are grown at low water activity. In the present study, we have iden tified a high-affinity glycine betaine transport system in this bacter ium. Optimal activity for this transport system was measured in the pr esence of high NaCl concentrations, but transport activity was not sti mulated by high concentrations of other solutes.