How hyperthermophiles adapt to change their lives: DNA exchange in extreme conditions

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 545-563

  van Wolferen, Marleen ^a   Ajon, Małgorzata ^b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^b   Albers, Sonja Verena ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Conjugation; DNA transfer; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84879497794     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0552-6     Document Type: Review

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