To be or not to be a compatible solute: Bioversatility of mannosylglycerate and glucosylglycerate

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Empadinhas, Nuno ^a   da Costa, Milton S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Compatible solutes; Glucosylglycerate; Mannosylglycerate

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLGLYCERATE; GLYCERIC ACID; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MACROMOLECULE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOSS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA OTITIDIS CAVIARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PERSEPHONELLA MARINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; RUBROBACTER XYLANOPHILUS; SOLUTE; SYNTHESIS; THERMOPHILE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE, RED; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; FUNGI; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCERIC ACIDS; HEAT; MANNOSE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FUNGI; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 46849110830     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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