Inorganic polyphosphates in extremophiles and their possible functions

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-583

  Orell, Alvaro ^a   Navarro, Claudio A ^a   Rivero, Matías ^a   Aguilar, Juan S ^a   Jerez, Carlos A ^a  

^a Iniciativa Cientifica Milenio Santiago   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacteria; Environmental stress; Inorganic polyphosphate; Metal resistance; Thermoacidophilic archaea

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA;

EID: 84863189008     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0457-9     Document Type: Review

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