Microbial biochemistry, physiology, and biotechnology of hyperthermophilic Thermotoga species

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 872-905

  Conners, Shannon B ^a   Mongodin, Emmanuel F ^b   Johnson, Matthew R ^a   Montero, Clemente I ^a   Nelson, Karen E ^b   Kelly, Robert M ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Hyperthermophiles; Thermotoga

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA 1,6 GLUCAN; CARBOHYDRATE; CHITIN; GLUCOSE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MANNAN; MANNOSE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; RIBOSE; XYLAN; XYLOSE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC STRAIGHT, CURVED, AND HELICAL RODS; HEAT; HOT TEMPERATURE; IRON; MONOSACCHARIDES; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFUR; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 33750041322     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2006.00039.x     Document Type: Review

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