Monounsaturated but not polyunsaturated fatty acids are required for growth of the deep-sea bacterium Photobacterium profundum SS9 at high pressure and low temperature

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1710-1720

  Allen, Eric E ^a   Facciotti, Daniel ^b   Bartlett, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Calgene LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FATTY ACID; GROWTH; GROWTH RESPONSE; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM PROFUNDUM;

EID: 0032914127     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1710-1720.1999     Document Type: Article

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