| Literature DB >> 22885758 |
Naomi Ofer1, Marina Wishkautzan, Michael Meijler, Ying Wang, Alexander Speer, Michael Niederweis, Eyal Gur.
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Mycobacterium smegmatis is a commonly used mycobacterial model system. Here, we show that M. smegmatis protects itself against elevated salinity by synthesizing ectoine and hydroxyectoine and characterize the phenotype of a nonproducing mutant. This is the first analysis of M. smegmatis halotolerance and of the molecular mechanism that supports it.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22885758 PMCID: PMC3457100 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01318-12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792