Phylogenetic compositions of bacterioplankton from two California estuaries compared by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rDNA fragments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2676-2680

  Murray, Alison E ^a,b   Hollibaugh, James T ^a   Orrego, Cristián ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030036446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2676-2680.1996     Document Type: Article

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