Physiological responses to stress conditions and barophilic behavior of the hyperthermophilic vent archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1230-1236

  Marteinsson, Viggó Thór ^a,d   Moulin, Pascale ^a   Birrien, Jean Louis ^a   Gambacorta, Agata ^b   Vernet, Marc ^a   Prieur, Daniel ^a,c  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d Technological Institute of Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPOBARISM; NONHUMAN; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; STRESS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ORGANISMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS CONDITIONS;

PACIFIC, FIJI BASIN;

PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 0030620895     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1230-1236.1997     Document Type: Article

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