Haloarcula argentinensis sp. nov. and Haloarcula mukohataei sp. nov., two new extremely halophilic archaea collected in Argentina

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 73-77

  Ihara, Kunio ^a   Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Tamura, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ARCHAEA; ARGENTINA (FISH); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOARCULA ARGENTINENSIS; HALOARCULA VALLISMORTIS; HALOMICROBIUM MUKOHATAEI;

EID: 0031022623     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-73     Document Type: Article

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