Spherical particles of halophilic archaea correlate with exposure to low water activity - implications for microbial survival in fluid inclusions of ancient halite

Geobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 424-433

  Fendrihan, S ^a,b   Dornmayr Pfaffenhuemer, M ^b   Gerbl, F W ^b   Holzinger, A ^b   Grosbacher M ^c   Briza, P ^b   Erler, A ^b   Gruber, C ^b   Platzer K ^b   Stan Lotter, H ^b  

^a Romanian Bioresource Centre and Advanced Research Association   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; DIAMETER; FLUID INCLUSION; HALITE; PROKARYOTE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOBACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOBACTERIUM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84865305627     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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