Membrane lipids of mesophilic anaerobic bacteria thriving in peats have typical archaeal traits

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 648-657

  Weijers, Johan W H ^a   Schouten, Stefan ^a   Hopmans, Ellen C ^a   Geenevasen, Jan A J ^b   David, Olivier R P ^b   Coleman, Joanna M ^c   Pancost, Rich D ^c   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL ETHER; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STEREOISOMERISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLYCERYL ETHERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; SPHAGNOPSIDA; STEREOISOMERISM;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644845420     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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