The cytoplasmic membrane of a prokaryotic cell consists of a lipid bilayer or a monolayer
that shields the cellular content from the environment. In addition, the membrane contains …

Microbiological Examination Methods of Food and Water (2nd edition) is an illustrated
laboratory manual that provides an overview of current standard microbiological culture …

Gas production from microbial deterioration in vacuum-packs of chilled meat leads to pack
distension, which is commonly referred as blown pack. This phenomenon is attributed to …

This study describes the biodiversity of the indigenous microbial community in the sodium-
chloride water brines (cryopegs) derived from ancient marine sediments and sandwiched …

Few studies have dealt so far with methanogenic pathways and populations in subarctic and
arctic soils. We studied the effects of temperature on rates and pathways of CH4 production …

The decomposition of large stocks of soil organic carbon in thawing permafrost might
depend on more than climate change-induced temperature increases: indirect effects of …

This study describes brine lenses (cryopegs) found in Siberian permafrost derived from
ancient marine sediment layers of the Arctic Ocean. The cryopegs were formed and isolated …

Antarctic lakes are characterised by simplified, truncated food webs. The lakes range from
freshwater to hypersaline with a continuum of physical and chemical conditions that offer a …

Permafrost is important from an exobiology and climate change perspective. It serves as an
analog for extraplanetary exploration, and it threatens to emit globally significant amounts of …

Abstract 16S rRNA gene (rrs) clone libraries were constructed from two snow samples (May
11, 2007 and June 7, 2007) and two meltwater samples collected during the spring of 2007 …