Microbial biosynthesis of wax esters during desiccation: Adaptation for colonization of the earliest terrestrial environments?

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-250

  Finkelstein, David B ^a   Brassell, Simon C ^b   Pratt, Lisa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MOIETY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EVOLUTIONARY STRATEGIES; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MICROBIAL BIOSYNTHESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SEASONAL CYCLE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; WAX ESTERS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESTERIFICATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HYDRATION; LAKES; LIPIDS;

ESTERS;

COLONIZATION; ESTER; HYDRATION; LIPID; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; WAX;

EID: 77951947915     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30398.1     Document Type: Article

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