Distribution and diversity of halophilic bacteria in a subsurface salt formation

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-331

  Vreeland, Russell H ^a,b   Piselli Jr , Anthony F ^a,c   McDonnough, S ^a,d   Meyers, S S ^a,e  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Bionomics International   (United States)

^d Tasty Baking Co   (United States)

^e 43 Benchmark ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose degradation; Halobacterium; Halophilic bacteria; Salt mine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADABILITY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLULOSE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNITED STATES;

ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL ADHESION; CELLULOSE; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINING; PHENOTYPE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 0032142819     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050075     Document Type: Article

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