Phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses show Microcoleus chthonoplastes to be a cosmopolitan cyanobacterium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3284-3291

  Garcia Pichel, Ferran ^a   Prufert Bebout, Lee ^a,b   Muyzer, Gerard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROCOLEUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE;

MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES;

EID: 0029786916     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3284-3291.1996     Document Type: Article

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