Diversity and ecology of psychrophilic microorganisms

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-361

  Margesin, Rosa ^a   Miteva, Vanya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Cold ecosystems; Psychrophilic microorganisms

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSPHERE; CLOUD; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; DEEP SEA; ECOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GLACIER; LAKE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PERMAFROST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; SEA ICE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUKARYOTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79952897717     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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