Identification of phosphate starvation inducible mineral phosphate solubilization genes in Escherichia coli.

Under conditions of phosphate starvation Escherichia coli can solubilize mineral phosphates, such as dicalcium phosphate, to orthophosphate which is then available for uptake and cell growth processes. lac operon fusions were created using MudX phage, and mineral phosphate solubilization (Mps) mutan...

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Main Author: Baertlein, Dawn Marie August.
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 1988
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184606