Biogeography of two cold-adapted genera:
                    <i>Psychrobacter</i>
                    and
                    <i>Exiguobacterium</i>

F Rodrigues, Debora; da C Jesus, Ederson; L Ayala-del-Río, Hector; H Pellizari, Vivian; Gilichinsky, David; Sepulveda-Torres, Lycely; M Tiedje, James

doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.25

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Biogeography of two cold-adapted genera: Psychrobacter and Exiguobacterium

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Authors:

Debora F Rodrigues

Ederson da C Jesus

Hector L Ayala-del-Río

Abstract

Abstract The genera Exiguobacterium and Psychrobacter have been frequently detected in and isolated from polar permafrost and ice. These two genera have members that can grow at temperatures as low as −5 and −10 °C, respectively. We used quantitative PCR (Q-PCR) to quantify members of these genera i...

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