Life at acidic pH imposes an increased energetic cost for a eukaryotic acidophile

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2569-2579

  Messerli, Mark A ^a   Amaral Zettler, Linda A ^a   Zettler, Erik ^b,c   Jung, Sung Kwon ^a   Smith, Peter J S ^a   Sogin, Mitchell L ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Sea Education Association   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Chlamydomonas sp.; Cytosolic pH; Energetic cost; Membrane potential

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FRESH WATER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHLAMYDOMONAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYTOSOL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUORESCENCE; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 23144443517     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01660     Document Type: Article

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