Barotolerance of fungi isolated from deep-sea sediments of the Indian Ocean

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-163

  Raghukumar, Chandralata ^a   Raghukumar, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Barotolerance; Deep sea; Enzymes; Fungi; Protease

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000060872     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame015153     Document Type: Article

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