Temperature and pH optima of extremely halophilic archaea: A mini-review

Extremophiles

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-128

  Bowers, Karen J ^a   Wiegel, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphiles; Archaea; Haloalkalithermophiles; Halophiles; Poly extremophiles; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA QUADRATA; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NATRONOLIMNOBIUS;

EID: 79952248674     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0347-y     Document Type: Review

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