Anaerobiosis inhibits gas vesicle formation in halophilic Archaea

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-145

  Hechler, Torsten ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROTEIN GVP; PROTEIN GVPD; TRIMETHYLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GAS; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII TRANSFORMANTS; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYTOPLASMIC VESICLES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROTEINS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; OXIDAE;

EID: 58149125398     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06517.x     Document Type: Article

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