Analysis of storage lipid accumulation in Alcanivorax borkumensis: Evidence for alternative triacylglycerol biosynthesis routes in bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 918-928

  Kalscheuer, Rainer ^a,d   Stöveken, Tim ^a   Malkus, Ursula ^a   Reichelt, Rudolf ^a   Golyshin, Peter N ^b   Sabirova, Julia S ^b   Ferrer, Manuel ^c   Timmis, Kenneth N ^b   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; PROTEIN ATFA1; PROTEIN ATFA2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ALCANIVORAX; ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; ARTICLE; ATFA1 GENE; ATFA2 GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID STORAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCANIVORACEAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FATTY ACIDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; INCLUSION BODIES; LIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALCANIVORAX BORKUMENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846630830     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01292-06     Document Type: Article

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