Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life

ISME Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1333-1351

  Stevenson, Andrew ^a   Cray, Jonathan A ^a   Williams, Jim P ^a   Santos, Ricardo ^a,b   Sahay, Richa ^c   Neuenkirchen, Nils ^c   McClure, Colin D ^a   Grant, Irene R ^a   Houghton, Jonathan D ^a   Quinn, John P ^a   Timson, David J ^a   Patil, Satish V ^d   Singhal, Rekha S ^e   Antón, Josefa ^f   Dijksterhuis, Jan ^g   Hocking, Ailsa D ^h   Lievens, Bart ⁱ   Rangel, Drauzio E N ^j   Voytek, Mary A ^k   Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^l   Oren, Aharon ^m   Timmis, Kenneth N ^c,n   McGenity, Terry J ^c   Hallsworth, John E ^a,c   more..

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^g CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ Scientia Terrae Research Institute   (Belgium)

^j INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^k NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^m HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; HALOPHYTE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROKARYOTE; SOLUTE;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PENICILLIOIDES; BASIPETOSPORA; DUNALIELLA; EUKARYOTA; EUROTIUM; FUNGI; HALANAEROBIUM; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM NORICENSE; HALOBACTERIUM SP. NRC-1; HALOCOCCUS MORRHUAE; HALOCOCCUS SALIFODINAE; HALOPHILA; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; MYCOBACTERIUM; NATRINEMA PALLIDUM; PROKARYOTA; SACCHARIBACTER FLORICOLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS; WALLEMIA; XEROMYCES BISPORUS; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII;

CARBOHYDRATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARCHAEON; ARTIFACT; ASCOMYCETES; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; HALOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; ARTIFACTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; FUNGI; HALOBACTERIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84929654445     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.219     Document Type: Article

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