Biodiversity of poly-extremophilic Bacteria: Does combining the extremes of high salt, alkaline pH and elevated temperature approach a physico-chemical boundary for life?

Saline Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bowers, Karen J ^a   Mesbah, Noha M ^a   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE ENVIRONMENT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODIVERSITY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; EXTREMOPHILE; HALOPHYTE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROORGANISM; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY TOLERANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 72449203758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1448-5-9     Document Type: Review

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