Characterization of halorubrum sfaxense sp. nov., a new halophilic archaeon isolated from the solar saltern of Sfax in Tunisia

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Trigui, Hana ^a,b   Masmoudi, Salma ^b   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^a   Maalej, Sami ^b   Dukan, Sam ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALORUBRUM;

EID: 80052498570     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/240191     Document Type: Article

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