Diversity and cold adaptation of microorganisms isolated from the Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7097, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mojib, Nazia ^a   Bej, Asim K ^a   Hoover, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ASTROBIOLOGY; COSMIC RAYS; GENES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PAINT; POLYSACCHARIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

16S RRNA GENES; AGAR MEDIUMS; ANTARCTIC CONTINENTS; ANTARCTICA; ARTHROBACTER; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BINDING PROTEINS; COLD ADAPTATIONS; COLD TOLERANCES; EUBACTERIA; EXTREMOPHILES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; INDEPENDENT ANALYSES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITIES; PCR AMPLIFICATIONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; PSYCHROTOLERANT; SOLAR UV RADIATIONS; SUBZERO TEMPERATURES; WESTERN BLOTS; WHATMAN;

PROTEINS;

EID: 55549126262     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.795394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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