The contribution of halophilic Bacteria to the red coloration of saltern crystallizer ponds

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 123-130

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Rodriguez Valera, Francisco ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Bacterioruberin; Bacterium; Carotenoid; Salinibacter; Saltern

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; LIPID; PIGMENT;

BACTERIUM; HALOPHYTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PIGMENT; POND;

ANIMAL CELL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTEROIDES; BIOMASS; CELL; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SALINIBACTER RUBER; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

SPAIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; CYTOPHAGA; DUNALIELLA; FLAVOBACTERIUM; PROKARYOTA; SALINIBACTER; SALINIBACTER RUBER;

EID: 0034945199     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(01)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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