The polar lipid composition of Walsby's square bacterium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 135-140

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Duker, Sara ^a   Ritter, Sigalit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glycolipid; Haloarcula; Halobacterium; Halophilic Archaea; Saltern; Square bacteria

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029896747     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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