Physiological evidence for the presence of a cis-trans isomerase of unsaturated fatty acids in Methylococcus capsulatus Bath to adapt to the presence of toxic organic compounds

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Löffler, Claudia ^a   Eberlein, Christian ^a   Mäusezahl, Ines ^a   Kappelmeyer, Uwe ^a   Heipieper, Hermann J ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cis trans isomerase; Methylococcus capsulatus Bath; Solvent stress

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; FATTY ACID; METHANOL; PHENOL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIS TRANS ISOMERASE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLORINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERIZATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANS ISOMER; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIS-TRANS-ISOMERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HOT TEMPERATURE; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953158875     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01993.x     Document Type: Article

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