Properties of Halococcus salifodinae, an Isolate from Permian Rock Salt Deposits, Compared with Halococci from Surface Waters

Properties of Halococcus salifodinae, an Isolate from Permian Rock Salt Deposits, Compared with Halococci from Surface Waters

Halococcus salifodinae BIpT DSM 8989T, an extremely halophilic archaeal isolate from an Austrian salt deposit (Bad Ischl), whose origin was dated to the Permian period, was described in 1994. Subsequently, several strains of the species have been isolated, some from similar but geographically separa...

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Main Authors: Helga Stan-Lotter, Gerhard Wanner, Helmut König, Harald Claus, Claudia Gruber, Burkhard Knopf, Peter Pfeiffer, Marion Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer, Ewald B. M. Denner, Andrea Legat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-02-01
Series:Life
Subjects:
Halococcus species
Halococcus salifodinae
haloarchaea
Permian salt deposit
cell wall polymer
polyhydroxyalkanoate
prokaryotic evolution
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/3/1/244

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