Microbiological studies in the Dead Sea: Future challenges toward the understanding of life at the limit of salt concentrations

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 405, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-9

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Bateriorhodopsin; Dead Sea; Dunaliella; Fungi; Halophilic Archaea

Indexed keywords

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; SALINITY;

EID: 0033563404     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003879932328     Document Type: Note

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