Immediate and transient inhibition of the respiration of Escherichia coli under hyperosmotic shock.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb07113.x

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Immediate and transient inhibition of the respiration of Escherichia coli under hyperosmotic shock.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Sept 1994

Meury J

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The respiration of Escherichia coli is severely inhibited, during hyperosmotic stress period, as a consequence of plasmolysis; deplasmolysis allows the cell to recover respiration. A mutant lacking all K+ transport systems can neither deplasmolyze nor recover respiration unless betaine is present...

Topics

Betaine
Cytoplasm
Escherichia coli
Ion Transport
Mutation
Osmotic Pressure
Oxygen Consumption
Potassium
Temperature

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