title: Ecophysiology of psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microorganisms.
abstract: This review describes psychrophilic and psychrotolerant microorganisms, which are abundant in different kinds of environments. Their ecophysiological properties and strategies for survival are reviewed in relation to their occurrences in marine and terrestrial environments, with special reference to the deep-sea, the sea ice and the permafrost soils.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Polar Ecology, University of Kiel, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Bldg. 12, 24148 Kiel, Germany. mboelter@ipoe.uni-kiel.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bölter
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000502:physiology*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D003081:Cold Climate; D004463:Ecology