Extremely halophilic Bacteria in crystallizer ponds from solar salterns

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3052-3057

  Antón, Josefa ^a   Rosselló Mora, Ramón ^c,d   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^b   Amann, Rudolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW SPECIES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POND; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY;

BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES PHYLUM; CANDIDATUS; CYTOPHAGA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALINIBACTER; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0033916431     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.7.3052-3057.2000     Document Type: Article

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