Halophilic archaea on Earth and in space: Growth and survival under extreme conditions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2030, 2014, Pages

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anaerobic; Carotenoids; Halobacteriaceae; Mars; Perchlorate; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; PIGMENTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANAEROBIC; CAROTENOIDS; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MARS; PERCHLORATE;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 84908494332     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0194     Document Type: Review

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