Metabolic activity of Siberian permafrost isolates, Psychrobacter arcticus and Exiguobacterium sibiricum, at low water activities

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-490

  Ponder, Monica A ^a,b,c   Thomashow, Michael F ^a,b   Tiedje, James M ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exiguobacterium; Low temperature; Low water activity; Psychrobacter; Salt tolerance; Siberian permafrost

Indexed keywords

ICE; INORGANIC SALT; LEUCINE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; RESAZURIN; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHROBACTER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELL MEMBRANE; COLD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ICE; LEUCINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXAZINES; PERMEABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHROBACTER; SALTS; SIBERIA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; XANTHENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM; PSYCHROBACTER; PSYCHROBACTER ARCTICUS;

EID: 46149092990     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0151-0     Document Type: Article

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