The cyst-dividing bacterium ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310 genome reveals a well-stocked toolbox for adaptation to a desert environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  de Luca, Gilles ^a,b,c   Barakat, Mohamed ^a,b,c   Ortet, Philippe ^a,b,c   Fochesato, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Jourlin Castelli, Cécile ^d   Ansaldi, Mireille ^d   Py, Béatrice ^d   Fichant, Gwennaele ^e   Coutinho, Pedro M ^f   Voulhoux, Romé ^c   Bastien, Olivier ^b   Maréchal, Eric ^b   Henrissat, Bernard ^f   Quentin, Yves ^e   Noirot, Philippe ^g   Filloux, Alain ^c,i   Méjean, Vincent ^d   DuBow, Michael S ^b   Barras, Frédéric ^d   Barbe, Valérie ^h   Weissenbach, Jean ^h   Mihalcescu, Irina ^b   Verméglio, André ^a,b,c   Achouak, Wafa ^a,b,c   Heulin, Thierry ^a,b,c   more..

^a IRFM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UMR   (France)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^g UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^h CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

ⁱ IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; TREHALOSE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DESICCATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOREACTIVITY; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADAPTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMAMONADACEAE; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; RAMLIBACTER TATAOUINENSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMAMONADACEAE; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FATTY ACIDS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREHALOSE;

EID: 80052386975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023784     Document Type: Article

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