Thermal Adaptation of the Archaeal and Bacterial Lipid Membranes

The physiological characteristics that distinguish archaeal and bacterial lipids, as well as those that define thermophilic lipids, are discussed from three points of view that (1) the role of the chemical stability of lipids in the heat tolerance of thermophilic organisms: (2) the relevance of the...

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Main Author: Yosuke Koga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Archaea
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/789652