Accumulation of compatible solutes, ectoine and hydroxyectoine, in a moderate halophile, Halomonas elongata KS3 isolated from dry salty land in Thailand

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 362-368

  Ono, Hisayo ^a   Okuda, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Tongpim, Saowanit ^a,c   Imai, K O ^b   Shinmyo, Atsuhiko ^a,d   Sakuda, Shouhei ^a,e   Kaneko, Yoshinobu ^a   Murooka, Yoshikatsu ^a   Takano, Mitsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institute for Fermentation Osaka   (Japan)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,4,5,6 Tetrahydro 2 methyl 5 hydroxy 4 pyrimidinecarboxylic acid; 1,4,5,6 Tetrahydro 2 methyl 4 pyrimidinecarboxylic acid; Ectoine; Halomonas elongata; Halotolerance; Hydroxyectoine; Osmoprotectant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ARID REGIONS; SOILS; SOLUBILITY;

BIOACCUMULATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIA;

BACTERIA;

1,4,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 2 METHYL 5 HYDROXY 4 PYRIMIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ALANINE; DIAMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ECTOINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS ELONGATA;

EID: 0031949875     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0922-338X(98)80078-0     Document Type: Article

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