Production of cryoprotectant extracellular polysaccharide substances (EPS) by the marine psychrophilic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea strain 34H under extreme conditions

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Marx, Joseph G ^a   Carpenter, Shelly D ^a   Deming, Jody W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoprotection; Exopolymers; Hydrostatic pressure; Psychrophiles; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

COLWELLIA PSYCHRERYTHRAEA; CRYOPROTECTANT; CRYOPROTECTANTS; CRYOPROTECTION; DEEP SEAS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPS PRODUCTIONS; EXOPOLYMERS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; EXTREME CONDITIONS; EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS; GROWTH MEDIUMS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGIES; OTHER APPLICATIONS; OVER GROWTHS; PROTEOBACTERIUM; PSYCHROPHILES;

CELL GROWTH; GLYCEROL; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

ECOLOGY;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXOPOLYMER; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEA ICE; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLD; CULTURE MEDIUM; FREEZING; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLWELLIA PSYCHRERYTHRAEA; COLWELLIA PSYCHRERYTHRAEA 34H; PROTEOBACTERIA;

COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; FREEZING; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALINITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 64249109721     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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