Tetraether-linked membrane monolayers in Ferroplasma spp: A key to survival in acid

Extremophiles

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 411-419

  Macalady, Jennifer L ^a,c   Vestling, Martha M ^b   Baumler, David ^b   Boekelheide, Nick ^c   Kaspar, Charles W ^b   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Acidophile; Archaea; Membrane monolayer; Tetraether lipid

Indexed keywords

ACID; ION; LIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMALES; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME;

ACIDS; ARCHAEA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYTOPLASM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IONS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPLASMALES; TIME FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; FERROPLASMA; FERROPLASMA ACIDARMANUS;

EID: 8744242152     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0404-5     Document Type: Article

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