The halophilic fungus Hortaea werneckii and the halotolerant fungus Aureobasidium pullulans maintain low intracellular cation concentrations in hypersaline environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 6600-6605

  Kogej, Tina ^a   Ramos, José ^b   Plemenitaš, Ana ^a   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; POSITIVE IONS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

HALOTOLERANT MICROORGANISMS; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; HYPERSALINE WATERS;

YEAST;

GLYCEROL; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HORTAEA WERNECKII; HYPEROSMOLARITY; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; SODIUM CELL LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; FRESH WATER; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI; HORTAEA WERNECKII;

EID: 32044455999     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.6600-6605.2005     Document Type: Article

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