Genes that move the window of viability of life: Lessons from bacteria thriving at the cold extreme: Mesophiles can be turned into extremophiles by substituting essential genes

BioEssays

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-42

  De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Cold loving bacteria; Pathogens; Stress; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOENGINEERING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HOST; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIAL VACCINES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650003023     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000101     Document Type: Article

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