Genetic analysis of the gas vesicle gene cluster in haloarchaea

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  DasSarma, Shiladitya ^a   Arora, Priya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Cyanobacteria; Flotation; Halobacteria; Motility; Organelle; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; GAS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030814406     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00238-3     Document Type: Review

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