Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1149-1155

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloarcula quadrata; Halophile; Square bacteria

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; EGYPT; GENE; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA QUADRATA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA QUADRATA;

EID: 0033031397     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149     Document Type: Article

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