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Extremophiles in Antarctica during 1989-2004
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Extremophiles_in_Antarctica
Summary
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Studies on biodiversity of microorganisms in Antarctica were carried out since
20 years. Particularly attention was made on those microorganisms defined for their growth conditions extremophiles. The studies were also devoted to cyanobacteria in that these prokaryoted are interesting for the studies on earth evolution. Many new extremophiles were isolated belonging to bacteria domain as new species of genus Bacillus, Halomonas, Micrococcus, Alicyclobacillus. They were thermophiles and halophilic and alkalophiles. Studies on lipid composition and its modulation under stressed growth conditions were carried out. Exo- and endopolymers were isolated and studies as well as hydrolytic enzymes. Geographic Coverage
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A collection of extremophilic microorganisms and cyanobacteria from several
Victoria Land localities (Edmonson point, Cape Russell, Mounts Melbourne and Rittmann with maximum altitude of 3200 m) were obtained and classified. Lipids, osmolytes, esopolysaccharides, polyhydrohyalcanoates and hydrolytic enzymes were obtained and studied. Ancillary Keywords
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DIF Creation Date:
2005-04-09
Last DIF Revision Date:
2005-11-04
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