Molecular identification of nanoplanktonic protists based on small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences for ecological studies

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-106

  Lim, Ee Lin ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Oligonucleotide probes; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Protists

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, PROTOZOAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030099009     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04488.x     Document Type: Article

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