Extremophiles and their adaptation to hot environments
Open Access
- 4 June 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 452 (1-2), 22-25
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00663-8
Abstract
Water‐containing terrestrial, subterranean and submarine high temperature areas harbor a variety of hyperthermophilic bacteria and archaea which are able to grow optimally above 80°C. Hyperthermophil...Keywords
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