Classification and identification of bacteria: Current approaches to an old problem. Overview of methods used in bacterial systematics

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-38

  Busse, Hans Jürgen ^a   Denner, Ewald B M ^a   Lubitz, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Classification; Diaminoacid; DNA: hybridization; DNA:rRNA hybridization; Fatty acid; Fingerprinting; Macrorestriction analysis; Phylogeny; Polar lipid; Polyamines; Protein pattern; Quinone; Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD); Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); Sugar

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DIAMINO ACID; POLYAMINE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030572374     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01379-X     Document Type: Article

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