A halocin-H4 mutant Haloferax mediterranei strain retains the ability to inhibit growth of other halophilic archaea

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 973-979

  Naor, Adit ^a   Yair, Yael ^a   Gophna, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaea; Biotechnology; Enzymes; Genetics; Haloarchaea; Halophile: ecology; Halophiles; Molecular biology of archaea; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ARCHAEAL GENE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MUTATION; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84886286469     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0579-8     Document Type: Article

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