The upper temperature for life - Where do we draw the line?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 58-60

  Cowan, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; IRON;

ACCURACY; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HYPERTHERMIA; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PYROBACULUM; PYROCOCCUS; PYRODICTIUM; PYROLOBUS FUMARII; REDUCTION KINETICS; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PYROBACULUM; PYROCOCCUS; PYRODICTIUM; PYROLOBUS FUMARII; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0842303296     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2003.12.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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