Isolation and salt tolerance of halophilic fungi from mangroves and solar salterns in Goa - India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Nayak, Shweta S ^a   Gonsalves, Valerie ^a   Nazareth, Sarita W ^a  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

A. penicillioides; Euryhaline; Fungi; Mangroves; Obligate halophile; Salterns

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; MANGROVE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; ADAPTATION; SALT;

GOA; INDIA;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS PENICILLIOIDES; EUROTIUM; FUNGI; HORTAEA; PENICILLIUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84859313461     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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