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Genes and Enzymes of Ectoine Biosynthesis in the Haloalkaliphilic Obligate Methanotroph “Methylomicrobium Alcaliphilum 20Z”

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Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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  1. G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms RAS, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia

    Alexander S. Reshetnikov, Valentina N. Khmelenina, Ildar I. Mustakhimov & Yuri A. Trotsenko

  2. Pushchino State University, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290, Russia

    Alexander S. Reshetnikov, Ildar I. Mustakhimov, Yana V. Ryzhmanova & Yuri A. Trotsenko

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  1. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman

  2. The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Aharon Oren

  3. Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ana Plemenitaš

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Reshetnikov, A.S., Khmelenina, V.N., Mustakhimov, I.I., Ryzhmanova, Y.V., Trotsenko, Y.A. (2005). Genes and Enzymes of Ectoine Biosynthesis in the Haloalkaliphilic Obligate Methanotroph “Methylomicrobium Alcaliphilum 20Z”. In: Gunde-Cimerman, N., Oren, A., Plemenitaš, A. (eds) Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3633-7_22

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