Selection of low-temperature resistance in bacteria and potential applications

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 943-956

  Wilson, Sandra L ^a   Walker, Virginia K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

antifreeze proteins; freeze thaw stress; ice affinity; ice nucleation proteins; osmotic stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; NUCLEATION; OSMOSIS; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THAWING;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; FREEZE-THAW; FREEZE-THAW STRESS; OSMOTIC STRESS;

ICE;

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; COLD TOLERANCE; EXTREMOPHILE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; INHIBITION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FREEZE THAWING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHROPHILE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 77953716333     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331003782417     Document Type: Review

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