Diversity and distribution of subterranean bacteria in groundwater at Oklo in Gabon, Africa, as determined by 16S rRNA gene sequencing

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-436

  Pedersen, K ^a   Arlinger, J ^a   Hallbeck, L ^a   Pettersson, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; Bangomb ; Diversity; DNA sequencing; Oklo; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; GABON; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOOGLOEA;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; GABON; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; ZOOGLOEA;

EID: 0030164089     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.1996.tb00332.x     Document Type: Article

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