Survival of the fittest: Overcoming oxidative stress at the extremes of acid, heat and metal

Life

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-242

  Maezato, Yukari ^a   Blum, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Ecology; Metals; Natural habitats; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894369857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life2030229     Document Type: Review

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