Halomonas sinaiensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake inside Ras Muhammad Park, Egypt

Extremophiles

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 789-796

  Romano, Ida ^a   Lama, Licia ^a   Orlando, Pierangelo ^b   Nicolaus, Barbara ^a   Giordano, Assunta ^a   Gambacorta, Agata ^a  

^a Istituto di Chimica Biomolecolare   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Egypt; Extremophiles; Halomonas; Halophiles; Lipids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETAINE; DIAMINO ACID; ECTOINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; RNA 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UBIQUINONE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EGYPT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HALOMONAS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; AMINO ACIDS, DIAMINO; BASE COMPOSITION; BETAINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; GENOTYPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOMONAS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; UBIQUINONE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; HALOMONAS EURIHALINA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 35748956810     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-007-0100-3     Document Type: Article

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