Osmoadaptive strategies of the archaeon Halococcus hamelinensis isolated from a hypersaline stromatolite environment

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 529-536

  Goh, Falicia ^a,b   Jeon, Young Jae ^a   Barrow, Kevin ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^a   Burns, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Halophilic archaea; Osmoadaptation

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARTICLE; BAY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; HALOCOCCUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BAYS; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOCOCCUS; POTASSIUM; SALINITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ARCHAEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOCOCCUS;

EID: 79961185114     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0591     Document Type: Article

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