Phylogenetic relationships of the filamentous sulfur bacterium Thiothrix ramosa based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-97

  Polz, Martin F ^a   Odintsova, Elena V ^b,c   Cavanaugh, Colleen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; THIOTHRIX NIVEA; THIOTHRIX RAMOSA;

EID: 0030033103     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-46-1-94     Document Type: Article

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