Quantification of viable endospores from a Greenland ice core

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 300-306

  Yung, Pun To ^a   Shafaat, Hannah S ^a   Connon, Stephanie A ^b   Ponce, Adrian ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial spore; Dipicolinic acid; Endospore longevity; Greenland; Terbium; Viability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DIPICOLINIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; GERMINATION; ICE CORE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPORE;

BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERMINATION; GREENLAND; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; GREENLAND; ICE; INDOLES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PICOLINIC ACIDS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846252662     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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