Crucial role of extracellular polysaccharides in desiccation and freezing tolerance in the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7327-7333

  Tamaru, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takani, Yayoi ^a   Yoshida, Takayuki ^a   Sakamoto, Toshio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FREEZING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; THAWING;

AIR DRYING; DESICCATION TOLERANCE; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES (EPS);

POLYSACCHARIDES;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYANOBACTERIUM; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIUM COLONY; COLD TOLERANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESICCATION; EVOLUTION; FILTER; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYDRATION; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STRESS; WATER ABSORPTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; DESICCATION; FREEZING; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; NOSTOC COMMUNE; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC SP.;

EID: 32044432555     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7327-7333.2005     Document Type: Article

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