Lipids of prokaryotic origin at the base of marine food webs

Marine Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2698-2714

  De Carvalho, Carla C C R ^a   Caramujo, Maria José ^b  

^a Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Extremophile; Fatty acids; Phospholipid; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Trophic web

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL;

ABYSSAL SPECIES; ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; COLD; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FOOD WEB; HEAT; HETEROTROPHY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID TRANSPORT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH MEASUREMENT; PROKARYOTE; PROTIST; REVIEW; SALINITY; STEROL SYNTHESIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84871761168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md10122698     Document Type: Review

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