The Iho670 fibers of Ignicoccus hospitalis: A new type of archaeal cell surface appendage

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6465-6468

  Müller, Daniel W ^a,c   Meyer, Carolin ^a   Gürster, Sonja ^a   Küper, Ulf ^a   Huber, Harald ^a   Rachel, Reinhard ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Wirth, Reinhard ^a   Bellack, Annett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFUROCOCCACEAE; FIMBRIA; IGNICOCCUS HOSPITALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CRENARCHAEOTA;

ARCHAEA; IGNICOCCUS;

EID: 70350455958     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00858-09     Document Type: Article

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