Prokaryotic responses to hydrostatic pressure in the ocean - a review

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1262-1274

  Tamburini, Christian ^a,b   Boutrif, Mehdi ^a,b   Garel, Marc ^a,b   Colwell, Rita R ^c   Deming, Jody W ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC SPECIES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW; SEA; TEMPERATURE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84876488437     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12084     Document Type: Review

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