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Desiccation resistance of Antarctic Dry Valley bacteria isolated from contrasting locations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2010

Lewis R. Dartnell*
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX), University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
David R. Fallaize
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematics and Physics in the Life Sciences and Experimental Biology (CoMPLEX), University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Samantha J. Whiting
Affiliation:
Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
John M. Ward
Affiliation:
Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2010

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