There must be a prokaryote somewhere: Microbiology's search for itself

Microbiological Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 1-9

  Woese, Carl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOSIS; REVIEW;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

EID: 0028387348     PISSN: 01460749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.58.1.1-9.1994     Document Type: Article

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