Psychrophiles and polar regions

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 301-309

  Deming, Jody W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC CLIMATE; BIODIVERSITY; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD CLIMATE; COLD TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FREEZING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PSYCHROPHILE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036270790     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(02)00329-6     Document Type: Review

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