Phenotype variability of identical genotypes: The need for a combined approach in cyanobacterial taxonomy demonstrated on Merismopedia-like isolates

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 224-233

  Palinska, Katarzyna A ^a   Liesack, Werner ^b   Rhiel, Erhard ^a   Krumbein, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rDNA sequencing; cyanobacteria; Eucapsis; Merismopedia; phylogeny; SDS PAGE; Synechococcus; Synechocystis; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM COLONY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0029845869     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050378     Document Type: Article

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