Isolation of live cretaceous (121-112 million years old) halophilic Archaea from primary salt crystals

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 275-282

  Vreeland, R H ^a   Jones, J ^a   Monson, A ^a   Rosenzweig, W D ^a   Lowenstein, T K ^b,c   Timofeeff, M ^b,c   Satterfield, C ^b,c   Cho, B C ^b,c   Park, J S ^b,c,d   Wallace, A ^e   Grant, W D ^e  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cretaceous; Halobacterium; Long term survival; Natronobacterium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CRETACEOUS; DNA; GENETIC ISOLATION; HALITE; MICROORGANISM;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIUM; NATRONOBACTERIUM;

EID: 34547516565     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450701456917     Document Type: Article

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