Sensitivity of Haloquadratum and Salinibacter to antibiotics and other inhibitors: Implications for the assessment of the contribution of Archaea and Bacteria to heterotrophic activities in hypersaline environments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-315

  Elevi Bardavid, Rahel ^a   Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bile salts; Chloramphenicol; Erythromycin; Haloquadratum walsbyi; Salinibacter ruber; Salterns

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILE SALT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTICS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; HETEROTROPHY; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SALT PAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HALOQUADRATUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINIBACTER;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDETES; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ECOSYSTEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; FRESH WATER; HALOBACTERIACEAE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; SALINIBACTER; SALINIBACTER RUBER;

EID: 38849116255     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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