Organic solutes in hyperthermophilic Archaea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 896-902

  Martins, Lígia O ^a   Huber, Robert ^b   Huber, Harald ^b   Stetter, Karl O ^b   Da Costa, Milton S ^c   Santos, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; BETAINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOSPHORYLATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOPLASMA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYRODICTIUM OCCULTUM; SULFOLOBALES; THERMOPLASMA; THERMOPLASMA ACIDOPHILUM; THERMOPROTEUS TENAX; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031020672     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.896-902.1997     Document Type: Article

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