Isolation and characterization of a novel strain of Natrinema containing a bop gene

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science

Volumn 6 B, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-146

  Xu, Xue Wei ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Huang, Wei Da ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Halophilic archaea; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; LAKES;

ALTUN MOUNTAIN NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; AYAKEKUM LAKE; BACTERIORHODOPSIN-ENCODING (BOP) GENES; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA; NATRINEMA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; STRAIN AJ2; XINJIANG UYGUR AUTONOMOUS REGION OF CHINA;

GENES;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIORHODOPSINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13644276468     PISSN: 10093095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.B0142     Document Type: Article

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