Isolation of UV-B resistant bacteria from two high altitude Andean lakes (4,400 m) with saline and non saline conditions

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 447-458

  Flores, María R ^a   Ordoñez, Omar F ^a   Maldonado, Marcos J ^a   Farías, María E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Andean lake microbiology; Extreme environments; Microbial community; UV B resistance

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ARSENIC; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CARBON; DNA 16S; LAKE WATER; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON SOURCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; LAKE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PLATING MEDIUM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SALINITY; SALT TOLERANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALTITUDE; ARGENTINA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EXIGUOBACTERIUM SP.; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 76149120110     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.55.447     Document Type: Article

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