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Is there a common water-activity limit for the three domains of life?

Archaea and Bacteria constitute a majority of life systems on Earth but have long been considered inferior to Eukarya in terms of solute tolerance. Whereas the most halophilic prokaryotes are known for an ability to multiply at saturated NaCl (water activity (a(w)) 0.755) some xerophilic fungi can g...

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Autores principales: Stevenson, Andrew, Cray, Jonathan A, Williams, Jim P, Santos, Ricardo, Sahay, Richa, Neuenkirchen, Nils, McClure, Colin D, Grant, Irene R, Houghton, Jonathan DR, Quinn, John P, Timson, David J, Patil, Satish V, Singhal, Rekha S, Antón, Josefa, Dijksterhuis, Jan, Hocking, Ailsa D, Lievens, Bart, Rangel, Drauzio E N, Voytek, Mary A, Gunde-Cimerman, Nina, Oren, Aharon, Timmis, Kenneth N, McGenity, Terry J, Hallsworth, John E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4438321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25500507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2014.219