The essence of being extremophilic: The role of the unique archaeal membrane lipids

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-170

  Van de Vossenberg, Jack L C M ^a   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Cytoplasmic membrane; Permeability; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; SALT TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL;

ARCHAEA; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032142866     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050056     Document Type: Review

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