Interrelationships between Dunaliella and halophilic prokaryotes in saltern crystallizer ponds

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-14

  Elevi Bardavid, Rahel ^a   Khristo, Polina ^a   Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dunaliella; Haloquadratum; Hypersaline; Salinibacter; Salterns

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ADAPTATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALINITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALGAE, GREEN; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GLYCEROL; SALINITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; PROKARYOTA; SALINIBACTER;

EID: 38049032445     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0053-y     Document Type: Review

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