Extremophile culture collection from Andean lakes: Extreme pristine environments that host a wide diversity of microorganisms with tolerance to UV radiation

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 461-473

  Ordoñez, Omar F ^a   Flores, María R ^a   Dib, Julian R ^a   Paz, Agustin ^a   Farías, María E ^a  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER;

ALTITUDE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALTITUDE; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROCOCCUS; MICROCOCCUS SP.; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS SP.;

EID: 70350147171     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9527-7     Document Type: Article

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