Phylogenetic position of the marine subdivision of Agrobacterium species based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-247

  Uchino, Yoshihito ^a   Yokota, Akira ^a   Sugiyama, Junta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequence; Bacteria; Marine agrobacterium; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RHIZOBIUM; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0030664740     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.243     Document Type: Article

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