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"Effective" activation energy for exponential growth of a community of permafrost bacteria (fed in the laboratory)

Range	~110 kJ/mole
Organism	Microbes
Reference	Price PB, Sowers T. Temperature dependence of metabolic rates for microbial growth, maintenance, and survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30 101(13):4631-6. p.4635 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID15070769
Comments	The upper solid line (in fig. 1), in purple, for exponential growth of a community of permafrost bacteria (fed in the laboratory) has a slope corresponding to an ‘‘effective’’ activation energy Ug=~110 kJ/ mole.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	108055