Characterization of halophilic bacteria from environmental samples from the brackish water of Pulicat Lake, India

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 741-747

  Sahay, Harmesh ^a   Singh, Surendra ^b   Kaushik, Rajeev ^a   Saxena, Anil K ^c   Arora, Dilip K ^a  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT MICROORGANISMS   (India)

^b RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

halophilic bacteria; hydrolytic enzymes; phylogenetic analysis; sequencing

Indexed keywords

ALKALIBACILLUS; BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACILLUS; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS AQUAMARINA; HALOMONAS HALOPHILA; HALOMONAS PACIFICA; HALOMONAS SALINA; VIRGIBACILLUS;

EID: 79961144783     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0094-2     Document Type: Article

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