The genome of Bacillus coahuilensis reveals adaptations essential for survival in the relic of an ancient marine environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5803-5808

  Alcaraz, Luis David ^b   Olmedo, Gabriela ^b   Bonilla, Germán ^d   Cerritos, René ^d   Hernández, Gustavo ^a   Cruz, Alfredo ^a   Ramírez, Enrique ^c   Putonti, Catherine ^f   Jiménez, Beatriz ^a,b   Martínez, Eva ^a   López, Varinia ^a   Arvizu, Jacqueline L ^a   Ayala, Francisco ^a   Razo, Francisco ^a   Caballero, Juan ^a   Siefert, Janet ^e   Eguiarte, Luis ^d   Vielle, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Martínez, Octavio ^a,b   Souza, Valeria ^d   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^a,b   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^a,b   more..

^a Campus Guanajuato   (Mexico)

^b Cinvestav Campus Guanajuato   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genomic adaptation; Horizontal gene transfer; Phosphorus stress; Sulfolipids

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHORUS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

ANABAENA; ANIMAL CELL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS COAHUILENSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOGENESIS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRECAMBRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROGENESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44449128118     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0800981105     Document Type: Article

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