Isolation and characterization of bacteria from ancient Siberian permafrost sediment

Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-106

  Zhang, De Chao ^a   Brouchkov, Anatoli ^b   Griva, Gennady ^c   Schinner, Franz ^a   Margesin, Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ancient; Arthrobacter; Glaciimonas; Microorganisms; Neogene; Permafrost; Sediment; Siberia; Subtercola

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901363284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20797737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/biology2010085     Document Type: Article

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