Ectoine as the predominant osmolyte in the marine bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus grown on eicosane at high salinities

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-172

  Fernandez Linares, L ^a   Faure, R ^b   Bertrand, J C ^c   Gauthier, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; PARAFFINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ECTOINE; EICOSANE; HALOPHILIC MARINE; HIGH SALINITY; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; NACL CONCENTRATION; OSMOLYTES; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON; SYNTHETIC SEAWATER;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ECTOINE; EICOSANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOBACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOLYTE; OSMOTIC STRESS; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030070874     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01135.x     Document Type: Article

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