A molecular comparison of culturable aerobic heterotrophic bacteria and 16s rDNA clones derived from a deep subsurface sediment

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-144

  Chandler, Darrell P ^a   Li, Shu Mei ^a   Spadoni, Christina M ^a   Drake, Gwendolyn R ^b   Balkwill, David L ^b   Fredrickson, Jim K ^a   Brockman, Fred J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; PCR; Sediment; Subsurface

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUE; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE SEDIMENT;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030738777     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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