Haloferax larsenii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a solar saltern

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 717-720

  Xu, Xue Wei ^a,b   Wu, Yue Hong ^a   Wang, Chun Sheng ^c   Oren, Aharon ^d   Zhou, Pei Jin ^b   Wu, Min ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; DIGLYCOSYLGLYCEROL DIETHER; GUANINE; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL PHOSPHATE METHYL ESTER; RNA 16S; SULFATED DIGLYCOSYL DIETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENOTYPE; GENUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX LARSENII; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CHINA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HALOFERAX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34248209135     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.64573-0     Document Type: Article

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