Isolation and characterisation of bacteria from the haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita, Kenya

Extremophiles

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-348

  Mwirichia, Romano ^a   Muigai, A W ^a   Tindall, B ^b   Boga, H I ^a   Stackebrandt, E ^b  

^a JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaliphiles; Diversity; Soda lakes

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FRESH WATER; KENYA; PHYLOGENY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKALIBACTERIUM; ALKALIMONAS; AMPHIBACILLUS; ARCHAEA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOMONAS; IDIOMARINA; MARINILACTIBACILLUS; MARINOSPIRILLUM; NOCARDIOPSIS; STREPTOMYCES; VIBRIO;

EID: 77954425551     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-010-0311-x     Document Type: Article

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