Studies on the biodiversity of halophilic microorganisms isolated from El-Djerid salt lake (Tunisia) under aerobic conditions

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hedi, Abdeljabbar ^a,b   Sadfi, Najla ^a   Fardeau, Marie Laure ^b   Rebib, Hanene ^a   Cayol, Jean Luc ^a,b   Ollivier, Bernard ^b   Boudabous, Abdellatif ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACILLUS; HALOMONAS; HALORUBRUM; MARINOCOCCUS; PONTIBACILLUS; SALICOLA;

EID: 79960090422     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/731786     Document Type: Article

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