Biogenesis of Fatty Acids, Lipids and Membranes

Concise chapters, written by experts in the field, cover a wide spectrum of topics on lipid and membrane formation in microbes (Archaea, Bacteria, eukaryotic microbes). All cells are delimited by a lipid membrane, which provides a crucial boundary in any known form of life. Readers will discover sig...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Geiger, Otto (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Concise chapters, written by experts in the field, cover a wide spectrum of topics on lipid and membrane formation in microbes (Archaea, Bacteria, eukaryotic microbes). All cells are delimited by a lipid membrane, which provides a crucial boundary in any known form of life. Readers will discover significant chapters on microbial lipid-carrying biomolecules and lipid/membrane-associated structures and processes.
Physical Description:161 illus., 115 illus. in color. eReference. online resource.
ISBN:9783319504308
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-50430-8