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Taxonomic study of extreme halophilic archaea isolated from the "Salar de Atacama", Chile.
Systematic and applied microbiology - 1 Nov 2001
Lizama C, Monteoliva-Sánchez M, Prado B, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Weckesser J, Campos V
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A large number of halophilic bacteria were isolated in 1984-1992 from the Atacama Saltern (North of Chile). For this study 82 strains of extreme halophilic archaea were selected. The characterization was performed by using the phenotypic characters including morphological, physiological, biochemical, nutritional and antimicrobial susceptibility test. The results, together with those from reference strains, were...
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