Homeoviscous Adaptation of the Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane: Alteration of Lipooligosaccharide Structure during Cold Stress-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Homeoviscous Adaptation of the Acinetobacter baumannii Outer Membrane: Alteration of Lipooligosaccharide Structure during Cold Stress

Published:2021-08-31 Issue:4 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Herrera Carmen M.¹,Voss Bradley J.¹,Trent M. Stephen¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

2. Department of Microbiology, College of Art and Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Abstract

To maintain cellular fitness, the composition of biological membranes must change in response to shifts in temperature or other stresses. This process, known as homeoviscous adaptation, allows for maintenance of optimal fluidity and membrane permeability.

Funder

HHS | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.01295-21

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