title: Response to Cowan: The upper temperature for life -  where do we draw the line?
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA. kkashefi@microbio.umass.edu
authors.forename: Kazem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kashefi
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology*; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D010802:Phylogeny; D041523:Pyrodictiaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; C000499:ferric oxide