Genomic mechanisms for cold tolerance and production of exopolysaccharides in the Arctic cyanobacterium Phormidesmis priestleyi BC1401

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chrismas, Nathan A M ^a   Barker, Gary ^a   Anesio, Alexandre M ^a   Sánchez Baracaldo, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporters; Biofilms; C di GMP; Cold adaptation; Cryoconite; Cryosphere; Cyanobacteria; Exopolysaccharides

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD STRESS; COLD TOLERANCE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOME SIZE; HABITAT; METAGENOME; NONHUMAN; PHORMIDESMIS PRIESTLEYI; PHYLUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCTIC; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE ORDER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84988336043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2846-4     Document Type: Article

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