Biosynthesis of hopanoids by sulfate-reducing bacteria (genus Desulfovibrio)

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1220-1227

  Blumenberg, Martin ^a   Krüger, Martin ^b,d   Nauhaus, Katja ^b,e   Talbot, Helen M ^c   Oppermann, Birte I ^a   Seifert, Richard ^a   Pape, Thomas ^a   Michaelis, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON; MEMBRANE LIPID; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; TERPENE; TRITERPENE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DESULFOVIBRIO; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DESULFOVIBRIO; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; TERPENES; TRITERPENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO;

EID: 33745116909     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01014.x     Document Type: Article

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