UV photoreactions of the extremely haloalkaliphilic euryarchaeon Natronomonas pharaonis

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-277

  Moeller, Ralf ^a   Reitz, Günther ^a   Douki, Thierry ^b   Cadet, Jean ^b   Horneck, Gerda ^a   Stan Lotter, Helga ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

DNA photoproducts; environmental UV radiation; germicidal UV radiation; halophilic archaea; Natronomonas pharaonis; photoreaction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

ASSAY; BACTERIUM; EARLY EARTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; HALOBACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; HALOBACTERIALES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ARCHAEA; EURYARCHAEOTA; NATRONOMONAS PHARAONIS;

EID: 77954398306     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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