Characterization of microbial diversity by determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of genes encoding 16S rRNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4516-4522

  Liu, Wen Tso ^a   Marsh, Terence L ^a   Cheng, Hans ^b   Forney, Larry J ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISMS; PCR;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0030661563     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4516-4522.1997     Document Type: Article

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