Cold Stress Responses in Mesophilic Bacteria

Cryobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Panoff, Jean Michel ^a   Thammavongs, Bouachanh ^a   Guéguen, Micheline ^a   Boutibonnes, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cold; Cryotolerance; Stress

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COLD; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; COLD;

EID: 0032015366     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1997.2069     Document Type: Review

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