Rhodotorula himalayensis sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic yeast isolated from Roopkund Lake of the Himalayan mountain ranges, India

Extremophiles

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-381

  Shivaji, Sisinthy ^a   Bhadra, Bhaskar ^a   Rao, Ravella Sreenivas ^a   Pradhan, Suman ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Protease; Psychrophilic yeast; Rhodotorula; Rhodotorula himalayensis; Roopkund Lake

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5.8S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOTORULA; TEMPERATURE;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FRESH WATER; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RHODOTORULA; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CRYPTOCOCCUS GASTRICUS; PSYCHROPHILA;

EID: 43049159756     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0144-z     Document Type: Article

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