Substrate uptake in extremely halophilic microbial communities revealed by microautoradiography and fluorescence in situ hybridization

Extremophiles

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 409-413

  Rosselló Mora, Ramon ^a   Lee, Natuschka ^b   Antón, Josefa ^c   Wagner, Michael ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Halophiles; In situ physiology; Microautoradiography; Salinibacter; Square archaea; Uncultured microorganisms

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; SALINIBACTER;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SPHINGOBACTERIUM;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; SPHINGOBACTERIUM;

EID: 1842614234     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-003-0336-5     Document Type: Article

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