Diversity of yeasts from puddles in the vicinity of midre lovénbreen glacier, arctic and bioprospecting for enzymes and fatty acids

Current Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Pathan, Akbar Ali Khan ^a   Bhadra, Bhaskar ^a   Begum, Zareena ^a   Shivaji, Sisinthy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; FATTY ACID; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YEASTS;

EID: 77952971114     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9543-3     Document Type: Article

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