Identification of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Halococcus and other haloarchaeal species

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1119-1127

  Legat, Andrea ^a   Gruber, Claudia ^a   Zangger, Klaus ^b   Wanner, Gerhard ^c   Stan Lotter, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b Institute of Chemistry/Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haloalkaliphile; Haloarchaea Halococcus; Halobacterium; Polyhydroxybutyrate

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYVALERATE; COMPLEX MEDIUM; CRENARCHAEOTA; GENOMIC DATA; HALOALKALIPHILE; HALOARCHAEA HALOCOCCUS; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IN-CELL; NILE BLUE A; NILE RED; PERMIAN; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; SUDAN BLACK B;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUALIZATION;

GENE TRANSFER;

CELL EXTRACT; DYE; POLY BETA HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYESTER; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESTER; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRENARCHAEOTA; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENOMICS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NATRONOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERMIAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES; STAINING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; HALOBACTERIALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOCOCCUS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYESTERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SP. NRC-1; HALOCOCCUS; HALOCOCCUS DOMBROWSKII; HALOCOCCUS MORRHUAE; HALOCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTICUS; HALOCOCCUS SALIFODINAE; HALOCOCCUS SP.; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALORUBRUM; NATRONOBACTERIUM GREGORYI; NATRONOCOCCUS OCCULTUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77955660749     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2611-6     Document Type: Article

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