Ecology and molecular adaptations of the halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 323-331

  Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a   Plemenitaš, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Ecology; Halophiles; Hortaea werneckii; Hypersaline water; Ions; Melanin; Membrane; Mycosporines; Salterns

Indexed keywords

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EUKARYOTA; HORTAEA WERNECKII; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33748683571     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-006-9105-0     Document Type: Review

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