Phenotypic and genotypic comparison of symbiotic and free-living cyanobacteria from a single field site

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4479-4484

  West, Nyree J ^a,b   Adams, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0030712224     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4479-4484.1997     Document Type: Article

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