New isolates of extremely halophilic archaebacteria (halobacteria) from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 98-104

  Montalvo Rodríguez, Rafael ^a   Ruíz Acevedo, Alejandro ^a   López Garriga, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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