The deep cold biosphere: Facts and hypothesis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 277-290

  Vorobyova, Elena ^a   Soina, Vera ^a   Gorlenko, Michael ^a   Minkovskaya, Natalia ^a   Zalinova, Natalia ^a   Mamukelashvili, Anzhelika ^a   Gilichinsky, David ^b   Rivkina, Elizaveta ^b   Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Arctic; Microorganism; Permafrost; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; BIOSPHERE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030824629     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(97)00047-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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