A functional approach to uncover the low-temperature adaptation strategies of the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4210-4219

  Gunnigle, Eoin ^a   McCay, Paul ^a   Fuszard, Matthew ^b   Botting, Catherine H ^b   Abram, Florence ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; LOW-TEMPERATURE ANAEROBIC DIGESTIONS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; OPTIMUM GROWTH TEMPERATURE; PROTEOMIC APPROACHES;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA PROCESSING; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; METHANOGENS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

PROTEINS;

ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; PROTEOME;

ADAPTATION; BIOGAS; BIOREACTOR; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COLD; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACETIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HYDROGEN; METHANOL; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; PROTEOME; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSARCINA BARKERI; METHANOSARCINACEAE;

EID: 84879812830     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03787-12     Document Type: Article

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