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Archaea
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 957852, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/957852
Coupled TLC and MALDI-TOF/MS Analyses of the Lipid Extract of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
1Department of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza G. Cesare, 70124 Bari, Italy
2Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems, IMM-CNR, National Research Council, 73100 Lecce, Italy
3Institute for Microbiology and Archaeal Centre, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
4Molecular Microbiology and Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Goethe University of Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
5Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, IPCF-CNR, National Research Council, 70126 Bari, Italy
Received 16 July 2012; Accepted 27 September 2012
Academic Editor: Yosuke Koga
Copyright © 2012 Simona Lobasso et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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