The Geobacillus paradox: Why is a thermophilic bacterial genus so prevalent on a mesophilic planet?

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Zeigler, Daniel R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADAPTATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOMASS; COMPOST; DEGRADATION; DESERT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GEOBACILLUS; HYDROLYSIS; LONGEVITY; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; SEDIMENT; SOIL; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOBACILLUS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84891619432     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.071696-0     Document Type: Review

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