Halotolerant and halophilic fungi

Mycological Research

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1231-1241

  Gunde Cimerman, Nina ^a   Ramos, Jose ^b   Plemenitaš, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Debaryomyces hansenii; Extremophiles; Hortaea werneckii; Molecular adaptations of halophilic fungi; Taxonomy of halophilic fungi; Wallemia ichthyophaga

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; PH; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TAXONOMY;

FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SALT TOLERANCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HOMEOSTASIS; SALT-TOLERANCE;

DEBARYOMYCES HANSENII; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HORTAEA WERNECKII; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WALLEMIA ICHTHYOPHAGA;

EID: 70449732150     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: 14698102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycres.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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