The function of gas vesicles in halophilic archaea and bacteria: Theories and experimental evidence

Life

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-20

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteriorhodopsin; Gas vesicles; Halobacterium; Haloferax; Halogeometricum; Haloplanus; Haloquadratum; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894364597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life3010001     Document Type: Review

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