Metabolism of halophilic archaea

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-196

  Falb, Michaela ^a   Müller, Kerstin ^a   Königsmaier, Lisa ^a   Oberwinkler, Tanja ^a   Horn, Patrick ^a   Von Gronau, Susanne ^a   Gonzalez, Orland ^a   Pfeiffer, Friedhelm ^a   Bornberg Bauer, Erich ^b   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Comparative genomics; Enzymes; Haloarchaea; Halobacterium salinarum; Metabolic pathways; Metabolism; Pathway database

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLYCEROL; PENTOSE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENOME; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EURYARCHAEOTA; FOLIC ACID; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GLYCEROL; PENTOSES;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS;

EID: 40449102414     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0138-x     Document Type: Review

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