Fatty acid and DNA analyses of Permian bacteria isolated from ancient salt crystals reveal differences with their modern relatives

Extremophiles

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Vreeland, Russell H ^a   Rosenzweig, William D ^a   Lowenstein, Tim ^b   Satterfield, Cindy ^b   Ventosa, Antonio ^c  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Halophilic; Halotolerant; Permian bacteria; Ribotyping; Salt

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; INORGANIC SALT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIA; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FATTY ACIDS; FOSSILS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RIBOTYPING; SALTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644851094     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-005-0474-z     Document Type: Article

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