Low-temperature extremophiles and their applications

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-261

  Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^a   Siddiqui, Khawar S ^a   Andrews, David ^b   Sowers, Kevin R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Unisearch Limited   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATALYSIS; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036624809     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(02)00317-8     Document Type: Review

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