Origins of halophilic microorganisms in ancient salt deposits

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-250

  McGenity, Terry J ^a   Gemmell, Renia T ^b   Grant, William D ^c   Stan Lotter, Helga ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Agrol Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst of Genet and General Biology   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOBACTERIALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOBACTERIALES; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

HALOBACTERIALES;

EID: 0034547809     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2000.00105.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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