Novel archaeal phylotypes from an East African alkaline saltern

Extremophiles

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-145

  Grant, Susan ^a   Grant, William D ^a   Jones, Brian E ^b   Kato, Chiaki ^c   Li, Lina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Genencor International BV   (Netherlands)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Alkaline saltern; Archaea; Halophile Haloalkaliphile; Phylogeny; Phylotype

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLONED GENE; GENE SEQUENCING; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOTYPE; RNA AMPLIFICATION; SALTERN;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ALKALIES; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 0033136102     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050109     Document Type: Article

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