The extreme conditions of life on the planet and exobiology

Environmental Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 353-394

  Cayol, Jean Luc ^a   Ollivier, Bernard ^a   Alazard, Didier ^a   Amils, Ricardo ^b   Godfroy, Anne ^c   Piette, Florence ^d   Prieur, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acidophiles; Alkaliphiles; Exobiology; Extremophiles; Halophiles; Piezophiles; Psychrophiles; Thermophiles hyperthermophiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943338986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9118-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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