Limits of life in MgCl2-containing environments: Chaotropicity defines the window

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 801-813

  Hallsworth, John E ^a,e   Yakimov, Michail M ^b   Golyshin, Peter N ^c,d   Gillion, Jenny L M ^a   D'Auria, Giuseppe ^b   De Lima Alves, Flavia ^a   La Cono, Violetta ^b   Genovese, Maria ^b   McKew, Boyd A ^a   Hayes, Sandra L ^a   Harris, Gayle ^a   Giuliano, Laura ^b   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a,c,d   McGenity, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFUR-REDUCING BACTERIA;

EID: 33846999677     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01212.x     Document Type: Article

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