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Diversity and ecology of psychrophilic microorganisms
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Cold environments represent the majority of the biosphere on Earth and have been successfully colonized by psychrophilic microorganisms that are able to thrive at low temperatures and to survive and even maintain metabolic activity at subzero temperatures. These microorganisms play key ecological roles in their habitats and include a wide diversity of representatives of all three domains (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya). In this review, we summarize recent knowledge on the abundance, on the taxonomic and functional biodiversity, on low temperature adaptation and on the biogeography of microbial communities in a range of aquatic and terrestrial cold environments.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Margesin, R., & Miteva, V.
- Affiliations
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Margesin, Rosa
- ORCID
- Margesin, Rosa
- Venue
- Research in Microbiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-04
- Volume
- 162
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 346-361
- ISSN
- 0769-2609 (ISSN-L)
- 0923-2508
- OpenAlex
- W2002453663
- Cited by
- 518
- References
- 235
- Citations by year
- 2026: 32 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 34 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 38 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 20
- FWCI
- 14.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Research in Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Polar Research and Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Keywords
- psychrophilic microorganisms, cold environment, microbial diversity, cold adaptation, microbial biogeography, microbial communities, taxonomic diversity, functional diversity, archaea, protists
- MeSH terms
- Archaea, Bacteria, Cold Temperature, Environmental Microbiology, Ecosystem, Bacterial Physiological Phenomena, Biodiversity, Eukaryota
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