Biofilm development in the extremely acidophilic archaeon 'Ferroplasma acidarmanus' Fer1

Extremophiles

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 485-491

  Baker Austin, Craig ^a,c   Potrykus, Joanna ^b   Wexler, Margaret ^a   Bond, Philip L ^a,d   Dopson, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidophile; Archaea; Biofilm; Confocal microscopy; Ferroplasma

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; IRON; PROTEOME; PYRITE; SULFIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROTEOME; QUORUM SENSING; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ARCHAEA; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDARMANUS FER1;

EID: 78149498846     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0328-1     Document Type: Article

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