Isolation and molecular characterization of marine bacteria isolated from the beagle channel, Argentina

The Marine Environment: Ecology, Management and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 87-118

  Cristóbal, Héctor A ^a   Alvarenga, Adriana E ^a   Abate, Carlos M ^a,b,c  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Bioqca   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Proteobacteria; 16S rDNA; ARDRA; Cold active enzyme; GyrB; Psychrophilic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892065508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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