How can archaea cope with extreme acidity?

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 221, Issue , 1999, Pages 131-144

  Schafer G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACIDS; ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ARCHAEA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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