Glycerol metabolism in the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-215

  Sher, Jonathan ^a   Elevi, Rahel ^a   Mana, Lily ^a   Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glycerol; Glycerol kinase; Halophilic; Salinibacter ruber

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CELL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINIBACTER RUBER; STIMULATION; YEAST;

FLAVOBACTERIUM; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; SALTS; SUGAR ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; SALINIBACTER; SALINIBACTER RUBER;

EID: 1842419442     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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