High degree of similarity between Chromatium vinosum and Chromatium minutissimum as revealed by riboprinting

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 922-925

  Mas Castellà, Jordi ^a   Guerrero, Ricardo ^a   De Jonckheere, Johan F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIUM VINOSUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA FINGERPRINTING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALLOCHROMATIUM MINUTISSIMUM; ALLOCHROMATIUM VINOSUM; CHROMATIUM; MARICHROMATIUM GRACILE;

EID: 0029846620     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-4-922     Document Type: Article

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