Bacterial genome replication at subzero temperatures in permafrost

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-149

  Tuorto, Steven J ^a   Darias, Phillip ^a   McGuinness, Lora R ^a   Panikov, Nicolai ^b   Zhang, Tingjun ^c,d   Häggblom, Max M ^e   Kerkhof, Lee J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

cryobiology; permafrost; SIP; subzero

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CRYOBIOLOGY; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PERMAFROST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; FREEZING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; BACTERIA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DNA REPLICATION; FREEZING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); GEMMATIMONADETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84891156835     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.140     Document Type: Article

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