Bacterial growth at -15 °C; molecular insights from the permafrost bacterium Planococcus halocryophilus Or1

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1211-1226

  Mykytczuk, Nadia C S ^a   Foote, Simon J ^b   Omelon, Chris R ^c   Southam, Gordon ^d   Greer, Charles W ^b   Whyte, Lyle G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold active; Cold osmotic adaptation; Cryophile; Permafrost; Subzero environments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; FATTY ACID; GENOMICS; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; OSMOSIS; PERMAFROST; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNERGISM;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANOCOCCUS (BACTERIUM);

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARCTIC REGIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANOCOCCUS BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLANOCOCCUS (BACTERIUM);

EID: 84878283457     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.8     Document Type: Article

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