Extending the upper temperature limit for life

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5635, 2003, Pages 934-

  Kashefi, Kazem ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSPHERE; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER SAMPLING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARCHAEA; CULTURE MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HEAT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042021865     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086823     Document Type: Article

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10. We thank J. Baross for providing the vent sample and D. Holmes for phylogenetic analysis. This research was supported by a grant (MCB-0085365) to D.R.L. from the LExEn program of the National Science Foundation.