Extremophiles and their application to veterinary medicine

Irish Veterinary Journal

Alan W Baird¹  Jane A Irwin¹ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

关键词: Polymerase chain reaction;    Diagnostics;    Extremozymes;    Thermophiles;    Adaptation;    Extremophiles;   

Others  :  1150663
DOI  :  10.1186/2046-0481-57-6-348

   

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