Psychrophilic microorganisms: Challenges for life

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-389

  D'Amico, Salvino ^a   Collins, Tony ^a   Marx, Jean Claude ^a   Feller, Georges ^a   Gerday, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cold adaptation; Enzymes; Genomics; Membrane fluidity; Psychrophiles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEOMICS; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TAXONOMICALLY UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNCLASSIFIED BACTERIA;

EID: 33645498972     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400662     Document Type: Review

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