Spotlight on the Thaumarchaeota

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-230

  Brochier Armanet, C ^a,b   Gribaldo, S ^c   Forterre, P ^c,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; HEAT; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84855952198     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.145     Document Type: Note

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