Fatty acid adaptation in an Antarctic bacterium - Changes in primer utilization

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 747-754

  Nichols, David S ^a   Russell, Nicholas J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic bacterium; Fatty acids; Psychrophile; Temperature adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LEUCINE; PROPIONIC ACID; SEA WATER; SERINE;

ADAPTATION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029933258     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-4-747     Document Type: Article

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