Morphological, physiological, and molecular characterization of actinomycetes isolated from dry soil, rocks, and monument surfaces

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-22

  Eppard, Martin ^a   Krumbein, Wolfgang E ^a   Koch, Cathrin ^b   Rhiel, Erhard ^a   Staley, James T ^c   Stackebrandt, Erko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequences; Acidothermus cellulolyticus; Actinomycetes; Arthrobacter; Bacillus; Biodiversity; Frankia; Geodermatophilus; Multilocular thallus; Rock varnish; Sporichthya polymorpha

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIODIVERSITY; COLONY FORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDOTHERMUS CELLULOLYTICUS; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKIA; FRANKIA ALNI; GEODERMATOPHILUS; GEODERMATOPHILUS OBSCURUS; MICROCOCCUS; SPORICHTHYA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0029748269     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050350     Document Type: Article

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