Article
Antagonistic effect of nickel on the fermentative growth of Escherichia coli K-12 and comparison of nickel and cobalt toxicity on the aerobic and anaerobic growth.
Environmental health perspectives - 1 Sept 1994
Wu L F, Navarro C, de Pina K, Quénard M, Mandrand M A
Abstract excerpt
The facultative anaerobic enterobacterium Escherichia coli requires the activity of nickel-containing hydrogenase for its anaerobic growth. Deficiency of the specific nickel transport system led to a hydrogenase-minus phenotype and slowed down the fermentative growth in the nik mutant. Addition o...
Topics
- Aerobiosis
- Anaerobiosis
- Cobalt
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Escherichia coli
- Fermentation
- Mutation
- Nickel