The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: The role of genome evolution in cold adaptation

ISME Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1012-1035

  Allen, Michelle A ^a   Lauro, Federico M ^a   Williams, Timothy J ^a   Burg, Dominic ^a   Siddiqui, Khawar S ^a   De Francisci, Davide ^a   Chong, Kevin W Y ^a   Pilak, Oliver ^a   Chew, Hwee H ^a   De Maere, Matthew Z ^a   Ting, Lily ^a   Katrib, Marilyn ^a   Ng, Charmaine ^a   Sowers, Kevin R ^b   Galperin, Michael Y ^c   Anderson, Iain J ^d   Ivanova, Natalia ^d   Dalin, Eileen ^d   Martinez, Michele ^d   Lapidus, Alla ^d   Hauser, Loren ^e   Land, Miriam ^e   Thomas, Torsten ^a   Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cold adaptation; Genome plasticity; Methanococcoides burtonii; Psychrophile

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METHANOSARCINACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCOCCOIDES BURTONII; METHANOSARCINA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349456541     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2009.45     Document Type: Article

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