Archaea

Encyclopedia of Inland Waters

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 167-181

  Casamayor, E O ^a   Borrego, C M ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Archaea; Chemoautotrophy; Crenarchaeota; Euryarchaeota; Extremophiles; Halophyles; Methanogens; Nitrogen cycle; Oligotrophic lakes; Salt lakes; Stratified lakes; Thermophiles; Uncultured microbes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449351679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370626-3.00120-4     Document Type: Chapter

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15. - A scholarly journal providing rapid peer review and publication of articles dealing with any aspect of research on the archaea. http://archaea.ws/index.html.
16. - ArchaeaWeb is an information resource for researchers working with archaea and extremophiles. http://www.archaea.unsw.edu.au.
17. - An introductory page on the main characteristics of the archaea, maintained by the University of California at Berkeley. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html.
18. - A page dedicated to the archaea in the Tree of Life web project. http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Archaea&contgroup=Life_on_Earth.