Distribution of genes for synthesis of trehalose and mannosylglycerate in Thermus spp. and direct correlation of these genes with halotolerance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2460-2466

  Alarico, Susana ^a   Empadinhas, Nuno ^a   Simões, Catarina ^a   Silva, Zélia ^a   Henne, Anke ^b   Mingote, Ana ^c   Santos, Helena ^c   Da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

MANNOSYLGLYCERATE (MG); OPTIMAL OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENTS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

GENES;

GLYCERIC ACID; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MPGS GENE; MPSP GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OTSA GENE; OTSB GENE; SALT TOLERANCE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; GLYCERIC ACIDS; MANNOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMUS; TREHALOSE;

THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 18444382346     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2460-2466.2005     Document Type: Article

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