Microbial weeds in hypersaline habitats: The enigma of the weed-like Haloferax mediterranei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-142

  Oren, Aharon ^a   Hallsworth, John E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloferax; Halophilic; Haloquadratum; Salinibacter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; CAROTENOID; HALOCIN; HALORHODOPSIN; POLYHYDROXYALKANOIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTON PUMP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CARBON SOURCE; CELL FUNCTION; CHLORIDE PUMP; DENITRIFICATION; GAS VESICLE PRODUCTION; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SALINIBACTER RUBER; SALT TOLERANCE; VIRUS INFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALINITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HALOQUADRATUM WALSBYI; PROKARYOTA; SALINIBACTER; SALINIBACTER RUBER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ECOSYSTEM; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84925748112     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12571     Document Type: Article

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