Microbial activity at gigapascal pressures. Export

@article{Sharma02, abstract = {We observed physiological and metabolic activity of Shewanella oneidensis strain MR1 and Escherichia coli strain MG1655 at pressures of 68 to 1680 megapascals (MPa) in diamond anvil cells. We measured biological formate oxidation at high pressures (68 to 1060 MPa). At pressures of 1200 to 1600 MPa, living bacteria resided in fluid inclusions in ice-VI crystals and continued to be viable upon subsequent release to ambient pressures (0.1 MPa). Evidence of microbial viability and activity at these extreme pressures expands by an order of magnitude the range of conditions representing the habitable zone in the solar system.}, address = {Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, N.W., Washington, DC 20015, United States}, author = {Sharma, A. and Scott, J. H. and Cody, G. D. and Fogel, M. L. and Hazen, R. M. and Hemley, R. J. and Huntress, W. T.}, citeulike-article-id = {1572712}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1068018}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11859192}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11859192}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0037154883}, day = {22}, doi = {10.1126/science.1068018}, issn = {1095-9203}, journal = {Science (New York, N.Y.)}, keywords = {extremophile, high, pressure}, month = {February}, number = {5559}, pages = {1514--1516}, posted-at = {2007-08-17 17:46:56}, priority = {2}, title = {Microbial activity at gigapascal pressures.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1068018}, volume = {295}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Sharma02 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1572712 N2 - We observed physiological and metabolic activity of Shewanella oneidensis strain MR1 and Escherichia coli strain MG1655 at pressures of 68 to 1680 megapascals (MPa) in diamond anvil cells. We measured biological formate oxidation at high pressures (68 to 1060 MPa). At pressures of 1200 to 1600 MPa, living bacteria resided in fluid inclusions in ice-VI crystals and continued to be viable upon subsequent release to ambient pressures (0.1 MPa). Evidence of microbial viability and activity at these extreme pressures expands by an order of magnitude the range of conditions representing the habitable zone in the solar system. IS - 5559 JF - Science (New York, N.Y.) SN - 1095-9203 AD - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, N.W., Washington, DC 20015, United States EP - 1516 TI - Microbial activity at gigapascal pressures. VL - 295 SP - 1514 KW - extremophile KW - high KW - pressure AU - Sharma, A AU - Scott, JH AU - Cody, GD AU - Fogel, ML AU - Hazen, RM AU - Hemley, RJ AU - Huntress, WT PY - 2002/02/22/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1068018 ER -