The phylogenetic position and ultrastructure of the uncultured bacterium Achromatium oxaliferum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2341-2354

  Head, Ian M ^a   Gray, Neil D ^a   Clarke, Ken J ^b   Pickup, Roger W ^b   Jones, J Gwynfryn ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Achromatium oxaliferum; Molecular microbial ecology; Uncultured bacteria

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMATIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOBACILLUS; THIOTRICHACEAE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACHROMATIUM OXALIFERUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMATIUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS; THIOTRICHACEAE; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029780735     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2341     Document Type: Article

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