Actinomycetes in Karstic caves of northern Spain (Altamira and Tito Bustillo)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Groth, I ^a   Vettermann, R ^a   Schuetze, B ^a   Schumann, P ^b   Saiz Jimenez, C ^c  

^a HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Actinomycetes; Biodeterioration; Karstic caves; Rock art

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STREPTOMYCES;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PAINTINGS; PALEONTOLOGY; SPAIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); AMYCOLATOPSIS; BREVIBACTERIUM; COCCOIDEA; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOIDES; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS; SACCHAROTHRIX; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 0033134734     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00016-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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