Halophilic Aspergillus penicillioides from athalassohaline, thalassohaline, and polyhaline environments

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Nazareth, Sarita W ^a   Gonsalves, Valerie ^a  

^a GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus penicillioides; Halophile; Hypersaline; Obligate; Polyhaline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905658520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00412     Document Type: Article

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