Diversity of Archaea in hypersaline environments characterized by molecular-phylogenetic and cultivation studies

Extremophiles

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-274

  Ochsenreiter, Torsten ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Archaea; Cultivation; Diversity; Haloalkaliphile; Halophile; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALORUBRUM; NATRONOCOCCUS; NATRONOMONAS;

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARCHAEA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0036688885     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-001-0253-4     Document Type: Article

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