Life in (and on) the rocks

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Antony, Chakkiath Paul ^a   Cockell, Charles S ^b   Shouche, Yogesh S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; endoliths; extremophiles; geomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENDOLITH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPILITH; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; HABITAT; HYPOLITH; LIFE; LIGHT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUTRIENT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; ROCK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RHODOPHYTA; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84859741127     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 09737138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9184-8     Document Type: Note

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