Isolation and characterization of a psychropiezophilic alphaproteobacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 8145-8153

  Eloe, Emiley A ^a   Malfatti, Francesca ^a   Gutierrez, Jennifer ^b   Hardy, Kevin ^a   Schmidt, Wilford E ^c   Pogliano, Kit ^b   Pogliano, Joe ^b   Azam, Farooq ^a   Bartlett, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL LINEAGES; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; DEEP OCEAN; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; LIMITING CURRENT; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMAL GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAIT; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; ROSEOBACTERS; TRANSFER AGENTS;

CELLS; CULTIVATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; DEEP SEA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWATER; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; ROSEOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; ROSEOBACTER; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 83055180099     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05204-11     Document Type: Article

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