Proteorhodopsin-like genes present in thermoacidophilic high-mountain microbial communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7813-7817

  Bohorquez, Laura C ^a,b   Ruiz Pérez, Carlos A ^a,b   Zambrano, María Mercedes ^a,b  

^a Genomics and Evolution of Communities of Environmental Microorganisms   (Colombia)

^b Colombian Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics of Extreme Environments ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR METABOLISM; GREEN LIGHT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PROTEORHODOPSIN; PROTON-PUMPING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

HOT SPRINGS;

FRESH WATER; PROTEORHODOPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; THERMAL SPRING;

ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMAL SPRING;

ALTITUDE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; HOT SPRINGS; LIGHT; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84868628417     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01683-12     Document Type: Article

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