BORGES , Nuno

Strain CHR63 is a salt-sensitive mutant of the moderately halophilic wild-type strain Halomonas elongata DSM 3043 that is affected in the ectoine synthase gene (ectC). This strain accumulates large amounts of N')'-acetyldiaminobutyrate (NADA), the precursor of ectoine (D. Ca´novas, C. Vargas, F. Iglesias-Guerra, L. N. Csonka, D. Rhodes, A....

Background The halophilic bacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens metabolizes glucose exclusively through the Entner–Doudoroff (ED) pathway, an adaptation which results in inefficient growth, with significant carbon overflow, especially at low salinity. Preliminary analysis of C. salexigens genome suggests that fructose metabolism could proceed...