The molecular biology of barophilic bacteria

Extremophiles

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Kato, Chiaki ^a   Bartlett, Douglas H ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Barophile branch; Barophilic bacteria; Deep sea; High pressure; Photobacterium sp.; Pressure sensing; Pressure regulated gene; Shewanalla sp.; toxR S

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REVIEW; SEA;

GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031196960     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050023     Document Type: Review

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