Genes for the synthesis of the osmoprotectant glycine betaine from choline in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halomonas elongata DSM 3043

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 455-463

  Cánovas, David ^a,b,c   Vargas, Carmen ^a   Kneip, Susanne ^b   Morón, María Jesús ^a   Ventosa, Antonio ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^b   Nieto, Joaquín J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bet genes; Compatible solutes; Halomonas elongata; Moderate halophiles; Osmoregulation

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOMONAS ELONGATA;

EID: 0033965298     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-455     Document Type: Article

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