Extremophiles and their application to veterinary medicine

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 857-869

  Irwin, Jane Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

extremophiles; fish pathogens; Moritella; polymerase chain reaction; veterinary; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSENSORS; CATALYSTS; DNA; DRUG DELIVERY; ENZYMES; FISH; GENES; HEAVY METALS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IONIZING RADIATION; MAMMALS; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXYGEN; PATHOGENS; PEPTIDES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL PATHOGENS; ANTI-CANCER THERAPEUTICS; ARCHAEAL; COMPATIBLE SOLUTES; DNA POLYMERASE; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; EXTREMOPHILES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENOMICS; LOW OXYGEN; MORITELLA; PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS; POLAR WATERS; PSYCHROPHILIC ORGANISMS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SKIN-CARE PRODUCTS; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DNA POLYMERASE; EXCIPIENT; HEAVY METAL;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DESICCATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; DNA; DRUG; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME; EXTREMOPHILE; FISH; FREEZE TOLERANCE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IONIZATION; LIPID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SENSOR;

BIOSENSOR; DESICCATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTREMOPHILE; FISH DISEASE; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FREEZING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROORGANISM; MORITELLA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; REVIEW; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEA; FLAVOBACTERIUM PSYCHROPHILUM; MAMMALIA; MORITELLA; MORITELLA VISCOSA; VIBRIO;

EID: 77953708317     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.484073     Document Type: Review

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