Isolation of haloarchaea that grow at low salinities

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 591-595

  Purdy, K J ^a   Cresswell Maynard, T D ^b   Nedwell, D B ^b   McGenity, T J ^b   Grant, W D ^c   Timmis, K N ^b   Embley, T M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOBACTERIALES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HALOBACTERIALES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2642518198     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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