Warning: Undefined array key "mm" in /www/wwwroot/www.ai-bt.com/si.php on line 10 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /www/wwwroot/www.ai-bt.com/si.php on line 10 Longevity of microorganisms in natural environments.

Literature DB >> 3153174

Longevity of microorganisms in natural environments.

Abstract

Bacterial endospores are exceptional among living systems in respect to their resistance to adverse environmental conditions, notably to heat and dessication, and consequently might be expected to show crytobiosis of very long duration. This report considers recent observations indicating that the maximal longevity of bacterial spores is probably much greater than previously believed.

Mesh：

Substances：

Year: 1987 PMID： 3153174

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbiol Sci ISSN： 0265-1351

Keyword Cloud
Cited

13 in total

1. Using thermal inactivation kinetics to calculate the probability of extreme spore longevity: implications for paleomicrobiology and lithopanspermia.

Authors: Wayne L Nicholson
Journal: Orig Life Evol Biosph Date: 2003-12 Impact factor: 1.950

2. Tolerance of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms to desiccation.

Authors: Kristina Beblo; Elke Rabbow; Reinhard Rachel; Harald Huber; Petra Rettberg
Journal: Extremophiles Date: 2009-03-31 Impact factor: 2.395

Review 3. The search for life on Mars.

Authors: C P McKay
Journal: Orig Life Evol Biosph Date: 1997-06 Impact factor: 1.950

4. Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by metabolically dormant spores of diverse Bacillus species.

Authors: Chris A Francis; Bradley M Tebo
Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol Date: 2002-02 Impact factor: 4.792

5. Artificial and solar UV radiation induces strand breaks and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in Bacillus subtilis spore DNA.

Authors: T A Slieman; W L Nicholson
Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol Date: 2000-01 Impact factor: 4.792

10. Roles of small, acid-soluble spore proteins and core water content in survival of Bacillus subtilis spores exposed to environmental solar UV radiation.

Authors: Ralf Moeller; Peter Setlow; Günther Reitz; Wayne L Nicholson
Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol Date: 2009-06-19 Impact factor: 4.792

Longevity of microorganisms in natural environments.

1. Using thermal inactivation kinetics to calculate the probability of extreme spore longevity: implications for paleomicrobiology and lithopanspermia.

2. Tolerance of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic microorganisms to desiccation.

Review 3. The search for life on Mars.

4. Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by metabolically dormant spores of diverse Bacillus species.

5. Artificial and solar UV radiation induces strand breaks and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in Bacillus subtilis spore DNA.

6. Viable endospores of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris in lake sediments as indicators of agricultural history.

Review 7. Resistance of Bacillus endospores to extreme terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments.

8. Validation of a Clostridium endospore viability assay and analysis of Greenland ices and Atacama Desert soils.

9. Applications of a rapid endospore viability assay for monitoring UV inactivation and characterizing arctic ice cores.

10. Roles of small, acid-soluble spore proteins and core water content in survival of Bacillus subtilis spores exposed to environmental solar UV radiation.