Assessment of alkaliphilic haloarchaeal diversity in Sua pan evaporator ponds in Botswana

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-267

  Gareeb, Ashant Pravin ^a   Setati, Mathabatha Evodia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Haloalkaliphile; Natrialba; Natronococcus; Natronorubrum; Solar salterns

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LIBRARY; HALOBACTERIUM; HALORUBRUM; METHANOTORRIS FORMICICUS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NATRIALBA; NATRONOCOCCUS; NATRONORUBRUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POND; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ARCHAEA; HALORUBRUM; METHANOTORRIS FORMICICUS; NATRIALBA; NATRONOCOCCUS; NATRONOLIMNOBIUS; NATRONORUBRUM;

EID: 59649123898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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