Diversity, biological roles and biosynthetic pathways for sugar-glycerate containing compatible solutes in bacteria and archaea

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2056-2077

  Empadinhas, Nuno ^a,b   da Costa, Milton S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c Biocant Biotechnology Innovation Center   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 GLUCOSYLGLYCERATE; 2-GLUCOSYLGLYCERATE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCERIC ACID; MANNOSE; MANNOSYLGLYCERATE;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCERIC ACIDS; MANNOSE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PERSEPHONELLA MARINA; RHODOPHYTA; RHODOTHERMUS; RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS; RUBROBACTER XYLANOPHILUS; THERMOCOCCALES; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 80051940088     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02390.x     Document Type: Article

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