Phylogenetic analysis of Metabacterium polyspora: Clues to the evolutionary origin of daughter cell production in Epulopiscium species, the largest bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1451-1456

  Angert, Esther R ^a,c   Brooks, Austin E ^b   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GUINEA PIG; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA PORCELLUS; EPULOPISCIUM; METABACTERIUM POLYSPORA; POLYSPORA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029911585     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1451-1456.1996     Document Type: Article

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