Extremophiles and their application to veterinary medicine

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 348-354

  Irwin, Jane A ^a   Baird, Alan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Diagnostics; Extremophiles; Extremozymes; Polymerase chain reaction; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; ENZYME; HEAVY METAL; ION; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME STABILITY; EXTERMOPHILE; FISH; FREEZING; INFECTION; ION TRANSPORT; LIFE; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESSURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RADIATION; REVIEW; SALINITY; SOLUTE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942661992     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-0481-57-6-348     Document Type: Review

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