Haloferax prahovense sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a Romanian salt lake

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-397

  Enache, Madalin ^a,b   Itoh, Takashi ^a   Kamekura, Masahiro ^c   Teodosiu, Gabriela ^b   Dumitru, Lucia ^b  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^c Halophiles Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LIPID; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA CONTENT; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX PRAHOVENSE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; ROMANIA; SALT LAKE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX;

EID: 33847203316     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64674-0     Document Type: Article

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