Metabolic activity of microorganisms in evaporites

Crystalline salt is generally considered so hostile to most forms of life that it has been used for centuries as a preservative. Here, we present evidence that prokaryotes inhabiting a natural evaporite crust of halite and gypsum are metabolically active while inside the evaporite for at least 10 mo...

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Publié dans:Journal of phycology. - 1987. - 30(1994), 3 vom: 17. Juni, Seite 431-8
Auteur principal: Rothschild, L J (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Giver, L J (Autre), White, M R (Autre), Mancinelli, R L
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 1994
Accès à la collection:Journal of phycology
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