Organic solvent tolerance of halophilic archaea, Haloarcula strains: Effects of NaCl concentration on the tolerance and polar lipid composition

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-174

  Usami, Ron ^a   Fukushima, Tadamasa ^a   Mizuki, Toru ^a   Yoshida, Yasuhiko ^a   Inoue, Akira ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cell morphology; Cyclohexane; Haloarcula argentinensis; Halophilic; n decane; Organic solvent; Phosphatidylglycerol; Phosphatidylglycerophosphate methyl ester; Phosphatidylglycerosulfate; Triglycosyldiether

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; ESTERS; GLYCEROL; MORPHOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CYCLOHEXANE; LOGARITHM; METHYL ESTERS; SOLVENT TOLERANCE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

CYCLOHEXANE; DECANE; LIPID; OCTANOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROPHOSPHATE METHYL ESTER; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROSULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA ARGENTINENSIS; HALOARCULA VALLISMORTIS; LIPID COMPOSITION;

EID: 17044422251     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.99.169     Document Type: Article

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