Extremely halophilic Archaea from Tuz Lake, Turkey, and the adjacent Kaldirim and Kayacik salterns

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-316

  Birbir, Meral ^a   Calli, Baris ^a   Mertoglu, Bulent ^a   Bardavid, Rahel Elevi ^b   Oren, Aharon ^b   Ogmen, Mehmet Nuri ^c   Ogan, Ayse ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Kucukcekmece   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Halophilic Archaea; Kaldirim saltern; Kayacik saltern; Tuz Lake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENZYMES; RNA; SALTS;

HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA; KALDIRIM SALTERN; KAYACIK SALTERN; TUZ LAKE;

LAKES;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALORUBRUM;

EID: 33847279910     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-006-9223-4     Document Type: Article

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