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A proton shelter inspired by the sugar coating of acidophilic archaea

The acidophilic archaeons are a group of single-celled microorganisms that flourish in hot acid springs (usually pH < 3) but maintain their internal pH near neutral. Although there is a lack of direct evidence, the abundance of sugar modifications on the cell surface has been suggested to provide...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xiumei, Lv, Bei'er, Cai, Guixin, Fu, Long, Wu, Yuanzi, Wang, Xiang, Ren, Bin, Ma, Hongwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3506980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23189241
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00892