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The Function of the Purple Membrane in Halobacterium Halobium

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Halobacteria are Gram-negative rods of the approximate dimensions 0.5 μ × 5 μ, which require more than 15% NaCl and smaller amounts of potassium and magnesium ions for optimal growth (see Bergey’s manual of determinative bacteriology, 1974; Larsen, 1967; Dundas, 1977).

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  1. Dieter Oesterhelt
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  2. Rainer Hartmann
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  1. Laboratory of Biochemistry, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland

    Ernesto Carafoli  & Giorgio Semenza  & 

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Oesterhelt, D., Hartmann, R. (1979). The Function of the Purple Membrane in Halobacterium Halobium . In: Carafoli, E., Semenza, G. (eds) Membrane Biochemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67530-0_15

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