Halophilic archaea isolated from man-made young (200 years) salt lakes in Slǎnic, Prahova, Romania

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-395

  Enache, Mǎdǎlin ^a   Itoh, Takashi ^b   Kamekura, Masahiro ^c   Popescu, Gabriela ^a   Dumitru, Lucia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c Halophiles Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haloferax; Halophilic archaea; Membrane glycolipids; Salt lakes; Slanic Prahova

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOFERAX;

EID: 53849109151     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-008-0034-5     Document Type: Article

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