Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis used to monitor the enrichment culture of aerobic chemoorganotrophic bacteria from a hot spring cyanobacterial mat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3922-3928

  Santegoeds, Cecilia M ^a,b   Nold, Stephen C ^a,c   Ward, David M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; THERMAL SPRING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; OCTOPUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THERMUS;

EID: 0029851589     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.11.3922-3928.1996     Document Type: Article

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