Diversity of microorganisms in solar salterns of Tamil Nadu, India

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1007-1017

  Manikandan, Muthu ^a   Kannan, Vijayaraghavan ^a   Pašić, Lejla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Cultivation; Haloarchaea; Halophiles; Hypersaline; Saltern

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; HALOARCHAEA; HALOPHILES; HYPERSALINE; SALTERN;

CRYSTALLIZERS; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; SEAWATER;

SOLAR PONDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOPHAGA; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX; HALOGEOMETRICUM; HALORUBRUM; MARINOCOCCUS; NATRINEMA; PROKARYOTA; SALINIBACTER;

EID: 67349257442     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-9980-y     Document Type: Article

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