Habitability: a review

CS Cockell, T Bush, C Bryce, S Direito, M Fox-Powell… - Astrobiology, 2016‏ - liebertpub.com
Habitability is a widely used word in the geoscience, planetary science, and astrobiology
literature, but what does it mean? In this review on habitability, we define it as the ability of …

The limits for life under multiple extremes

JP Harrison, N Gheeraert, D Tsigelnitskiy… - Trends in …, 2013‏ - cell.com
Life on Earth is limited by physical and chemical extremes that define the 'habitable
space'within which it operates. Aside from its requirement for liquid water, no definite limits …

[ספר][B] Enzymes in the environment: activity, ecology, and applications

RG Burns, RP Dick - 2002‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Exploring the role of enzymes in biogeochemical processes, this reference explores the
function, molecular biology, and biochemistry of microorganisms and their intra-and extra …

Unifying temperature effects on the growth rate of bacteria and the stability of globular proteins

DA Ratkowsky, J Olley, T Ross - Journal of theoretical biology, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The specific growth rate constant for bacterial growth does not obey the Arrhenius-type
kinetics displayed by simple chemical reactions. Instead, for bacteria, steep convex curves …

Phylogenetic diversity of numerically important Arctic sea-ice bacteria cultured at subzero temperature

K Junge, F Imhoff, T Staley, JW Deming - Microbial Ecology, 2002‏ - JSTOR
Heterotrophic bacteria in sea ice play a key role in carbon cycling, but little is known about
the predominant players at the phylogenetic level. In a study of both algal bands and clear …

Ecology of Southern Ocean pack ice

AS Brierley, DN Thomas - 2002‏ - Elsevier
Around Antartica the annual five-fold growth and decay of sea ice is the most prominent
physical process and has a profound impact on marine life there. In winter the pack ice …

Recent advances in sea‐ice microbiology

T Mock, DN Thomas - Environmental Microbiology, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 50 years there has been much effort invested in the investigation of the
ecology of sea ice. Sea ice is an ephemeral feature of the Arctic and Southern Oceans and …

Venturing into new realms? Microorganisms in space

C Moissl-Eichinger, C Cockell… - FEMS microbiology …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
One of the biggest challenges of science is the determination of whether extraterrestrial life
exists. Although potential habitable areas might be available for complex life, it is more likely …

Principles of enrichment, isolation, cultivation and preservation of prokaryotes

J Overmann - Prokaryotes, 2006‏ - books.google.com
Currently, a total of 4700 validly published prokaryotic species are recognized (as of July
2002; DSMZ, 2002; Euzéby, 2001; Fig. 1). In contrast, the number of bacterial species …

Temperature sensitivity of soil microbial activity modeled by the square root equation as a unifying model to differentiate between direct temperature effects and …

E Bååth - Global Change Biology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Numerous models have been used to express the temperature sensitivity of microbial
growth and activity in soil making it difficult to compare results from different habitats. Q10 …