Phylogenetic analyses of some extremely halophilic archaea isolated from dead sea water, determined on the basis of their 16S rRNA sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3779-3786

  Arahal, David R ^a,b   Dewhirst, Floyd E ^b   Paster, Bruce J ^b   Volcani, Benjamin E ^c   Ventosa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM; METHANOSPIRILLUM HUNGATEI;

EID: 0029738428     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.10.3779-3786.1996     Document Type: Article

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