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SUBMITTER: Bohorquez LC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3485705 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bohorquez Laura C LC Ruiz-Pérez Carlos A CA Zambrano María Mercedes MM
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120831 21
Proteorhodopsin (PR) sequences were PCR amplified from three Andean acidic hot spring samples. These sequences were similar to freshwater and marine PRs and they contained residues indicative of proton-pumping activity and of proteins that absorb green light; these findings suggest that PRs might contribute to cellular metabolism in these habitats. ...[more]