Taxonomy of halophilic Archaea: current status and future challenges

Extremophiles

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 825-834

  Oren, Aharon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Halobacteriaceae; Halophilic methanogens; Nanohaloarchaea; Nomenclature; Species concepts; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HALOBACTERIALES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT TOLERANCE;

GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SALT-TOLERANCE;

EID: 84929502563     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-014-0654-9     Document Type: Review

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