Published in ISME J on March 03, 2011
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Microbial life at -13 °C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.06
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The effects of temperature, pH and sulphide on the community structure of hyperthermophilic streamers in hot springs of northern Thailand. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (2007) 0.95
Abiotic factors influence microbial diversity in permanently cold soil horizons of a maritime-associated Antarctic Dry Valley. FEMS Microbiol Ecol (2012) 0.94
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Key science questions from the second conference on early Mars: geologic, hydrologic, and climatic evolution and the implications for life. Astrobiology (2005) 0.79
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