Yeasts from glacial ice of Patagonian Andes, Argentina

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 540-550

  de Garcia, Virginia ^a   Brizzio, Silvia ^a   van Broock, María Rosa ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Patagonia; Perito Moreno; Psychrotolerants; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLD TOLERANCE; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ICE FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; SNOW; YEAST;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; YEAST;

ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, FUNGAL; ICE COVER; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; YEASTS;

ARGENTINA; MOUNT TRONADOR; PATAGONIA; PERITO MORENO NATIONAL PARK; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84867715173     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01470.x     Document Type: Article

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