Presence of Hydrogenophilus thermoluteolus DNA in accretion ice in the subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, assessed using rrs, cbb and hox

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2106-2114

  Lavire, Céline ^a   Normand, Philippe ^a   Alekhina, Irina ^b,c   Bulat, Serguey ^b,c   Prieur, Daniel ^d   Birrien, Jean Louis ^d   Fournier, Pascale ^a   Hänni, Catherine ^e   Petit, Jean Robert ^c  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOPHILUS THERMOLUTEOLUS;

EID: 33750900944     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01087.x     Document Type: Article

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