Characterization of a moderately halo-acidophilic bacterium isolated from Lake Brown, Western Australia

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6694, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Mormile, Melanie R ^a   Hong, Bo Young ^a   Adams, Nicholas T ^a   Benison, Kathleen C ^b   Oboh Ikuenobe, Francisca ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Brown; Mars like conditions; Moderate halo acidophilic bacterium; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

LAKE BROWN; MARS LIKE CONDITIONS; MODERATE HALO ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR METHODS;

GROUNDWATER; PH EFFECTS; PLANETS; RNA;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 42149105137     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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