Life at high salt concentrations, intracellular KCl concentrations, and acidic proteomes

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acidic proteins; Anaerobic; Halanaerobiaceae; Halophilic; Marine bacteria; Osmotic adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; METAPROTEOME; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTEROMONAS MACLEODII; BACTERIUM; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALANAEROBIUM PRAEVALENS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOCHLORIS; HALORHODOSPIRA HALOPHILA; HALOTHERMOTHRIX ORENII; ISOELECTRIC POINT; OSMOTIC ADAPTATION; PHYLOGENY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION; REVIEW; SALINIBACTER RUBER; SALT CONCENTRATION;

EID: 84890305097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00315     Document Type: Review

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