Microbial Metabolism in Ice and Brine at -5°C

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2269-2278

  Bakermans, Corien ^a,b   Skidmore, Mark L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DNA; INORGANIC SALT; RNA; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; COLD; ICE COVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROSARCINA;

ACETATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA; ICE COVER; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; SALTS; SEAWATER; SPOROSARCINA;

CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; SPOROSARCINA; SPOROSARCINA SP.;

EID: 80051930814     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02485.x     Document Type: Article

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