Organic solutes in the deepest phylogenetic branches of the Bacteria: Identification of α(1-6)glucosyl-α(1-2)glucosylglycerate in Persephonella marina

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-146

  Lamosa, Pedro ^a   Rodrigues, Marta V ^a   Gonçalves, Luís G ^a   Carr, Jean ^b   Ventura, Rita ^a   Maycock, Christopher ^a   Raven, Neil D ^b   Santos, Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Glucosylglucosylglycerate; Glucosylglycerate; Persephonellamarina; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

AQUIFICALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINITOGA PIEZOPHILA; PERSEPHONELLA MARINA; THERMOTOGALES;

EID: 84871462775     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0500-x     Document Type: Article

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