Everything in moderation: Archaea as 'non-extremophiles'

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 649-654

  Delong, Edward F ^a  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; LAKE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031769609     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80032-4     Document Type: Article

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