Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Analysis of Hydrocarbonoclastic Microorganisms Indigenous to Hypersaline Environments in Kuwait

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 857-865

  Al Mailem, Dina ^a   Eliyas, Mohamed ^a   Khanafer, Majeda ^a   Radwan, Samir ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOHALOBACTER; EXIGUOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOFERAX; HALOMICROBIUM; HALOMONAS; MARINOBACTER; OCHROBACTRUM; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOCOCCUS; SALINIVIBRIO; STENOTROPHOMONAS;

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARCHAEON; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KUWAIT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; KUWAIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84898542495     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0386-5     Document Type: Article

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