The hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotoga Maritima is able to cope with limited amount of oxygen: Insights into its defence strategies

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1877-1887

  Le Fourn, Céline ^a   Fardeau, Marie Laure ^b   Ollivier, Bernard ^b   Lojou, Elisabeth ^c   Dolla, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 44849097452     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01610.x     Document Type: Article

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