Cold-adapted yeasts in antarctic deserts

Cold-adapted Yeasts: Biodiversity, Adaptation Strategies and Biotechnological Significance

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-98

  Connell, Laurie B ^a   Rodriguez, Russell R ^b   Redman, Regina S ^c   Dalluge, Joseph J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Symbiogenics   (United States)

^c Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Metabolomics; Siderophore; Sterol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930342683     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39681-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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