Identification of cyanobacteria by polymorphisms of PCR-amplified ribosomal DNA spacer region

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 141-149

  Lu, Weiqun ^a   Evans, E Hilary ^a   McColl, Suzzanne M ^a   Saunders, Venetia A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Polymorphism; Ribosomal DNA; Spacer region

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030762719     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00249-8     Document Type: Article

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