Adaptation of anaerobically grown Thauera aromatica, Geobacter sulfurreducens and Desulfococcus multivorans to organic solvents on the level of membrane fatty acid composition

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-209

  Duldhardt, Ilka ^a   Gaebel, Julia ^a   Chrzanowski, Lukasz ^a   Nijenhuis, Ivonne ^a   Härtig, Claus ^b   Schauer, Frieder ^c   Heipieper, Hermann J ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PALMITIC ACID; SULFATE;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOCOCCUS MULTIVORANS; DESULFUROCOCCACEAE; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GROWTH RATE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; THAUERA AROMATICA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANAEROBIOSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATTY ACIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLVENTS; THAUERA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOCOCCUS MULTIVORANS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 77953607048     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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