Haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from Puerto Rico

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1065-1071

  Montalvo Rodríguez, Rafael ^a,f   López Garriga, Juan ^a   Vreeland, Russell H ^b   Oren, Aharon ^c   Ventosa, Antonio ^d   Kamekura, Masahiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Halophilic; Haloterrigena thermotolerans sp. nov.; Hypersaline; Natrinema; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIALES; HALOTERRIGENA; HALOTERRIGENA THERMOTOLERANS; NATRINEMA;

EID: 0342369619     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-1065     Document Type: Article

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