Halotolerant aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from the Great Salt Plains of Oklahoma

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-462

  Caton, T M ^a   Witte, L R ^a   Ngyuen, H D ^a   Buchheim, J A ^b   Buchheim, M A ^b   Schneegurt, M A ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACILLUS; HALOMONAS; IDIOMARINA; NEGIBACTERIA; OCEANOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SALINIVIBRIO; VIRGIBACILLUS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; OKLAHOMA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 14944363233     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-004-0211-7     Document Type: Article

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