Physiological and morphological responses of the soil bacterium Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630 to water stress

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-86

  Alvarez, Héctor M ^a   Silva, Roxana A ^a   Cesari, Ana C ^a   Zamit, Ana L ^a   Peressutti, Silvia R ^a   Reichelt, Rudolf ^b   Keller, Ulrike ^b   Malkus, Ursula ^b   Rasch, Christiane ^b   Maskow, Thomas ^c   Mayer, Frank ^d   Steinbüchel, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Physiology; Rhodococcus opacus PD630; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ECTOINE; GLUCONIC ACID; HEXADECANE; HYDROXYECTOINE; MYCOLIC ACID; TREHALOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID BALANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS; SOIL MICROFLORA; THICKNESS; WATER STRESS;

ALKANES; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; CELL WALL; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCONATES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREHALOSE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS OPACUS;

EID: 7444266288     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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