Microbial life at high pressures
1995; Elsevier BV; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0967-0653(95)91656-3
ISSN1878-6731
Autores Tópico(s)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
ResumoDeep-sea environment have selected for the evolution of unusual bacterial extremophiles which are adapted to life at high pressures. This review briefly characterises barophilic bacteria; compares and contrasts high pressure effects on cellular and biochemical processes in both barosensitive and barophilic bacteria; and presents molecular and genetic approaches which have been used to examine the basis of high pressure sensitivity in terrestrial barosensitive bacteria, or to dissect barophilic processes in deep-sea bacteria.
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