Hyperthermophiles in the history of life

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 202, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOGENESIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030323823     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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