Psychrophilic bacteria as possible models of life in Mars or Jovian moons: molecular analysis, a proposal

• Main Author: BIANCIARDI, GIORGIO
• Other Authors: Bianciardi, Giorgio
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Molecular analysi; Psychrophilic Bacteria; biotechnology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Wharton; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/40319

Bacteria,algae and also metazoans may live at temperatures below 0°C and survive ice formation in all body compartments1 ,2. In the Antarctic Dry Valleys, 3, microorganisms live at -35°C. Bacteria in culture metabolize and reproduce, 4, at -10°C. In order to identify and characterize new species we...