Microbial diversity of soda lakes

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-200

  Jones, Brian E ^a   Grant, William D ^b   Duckworth, Andrew W ^b,c   Owenson, Gerald G ^b,d  

^a Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Diversity; Screening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BASE SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032143814     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050060     Document Type: Review

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