Research Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 5
Page No. 257 - 262

Growth Characteristics and Halocin Production by a New Isolate, Haloferax volcanii KPS1 from Kovalam Solar Saltern (India)

Authors : P. Kavitha, A.P. Lipton, A.R. Sarika and M.S. Aishwarya

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