Taxonomic study of exopolysaccharide-producing, moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from hypersaline environments in Morocco

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 412-419

  Bouchotroch, S ^b   Quesada, Emilia ^a   Moral, Ana Del ^b   Béjar, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Moderately halophilic bacteria; Numerical taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOROCCO; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

BACILLUS; HALOBACILLUS; HALOMONAS;

EID: 0032827593     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80050-2     Document Type: Article

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