A brief history of the discovery of hyperthermophilic life

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 416-420

  Stetter, Karl O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Cultivation; Evolution; Phylogeny; Thermophile

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FERMENTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HYPERTHERMOPHILE; KORARCHAEOTA; NANOARCHAEOTA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; ROCK; VOLCANO;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARCHAEA; HOT TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84873206496     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120284     Document Type: Conference Paper

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