A procedure for the enrichment and isolation of Halobacterium

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 353-358

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Litchfield, Carol D ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic growth; Arginine; Enrichment; Halobacterium

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ECOLOGY; FERMENTATION; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0033009392     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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