Extracellular hydrolytic enzymes of halophilic bacteria isolated from a subterranean rock salt crystal

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 4658-4664

  Cojoc, Roxana ^a   Merciu, Simona ^a   Popescu, Gabriela ^a   Dumitru, Lucia ^a   Kamekura, Masahiro ^b   Enache, Mǎdǎlin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b Halophiles Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Halophilic microorganisms; Hydrolytic enzymes; Salt mine; Slanic prahova

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77951664490     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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