16S ribosomal DNA sequence divergence of segmented filamentous bacteria with special reference to inter-species and within-species variation of host animals

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 418-422

  Imaoka, Akemi ^a   Okada, Yasushi ^a   Matsumoto, Satoshi ^a   Setoyama, Hiromi ^a   Umesaki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal DNA sequence; Crab eating monkey; Fischer 344 rat; Host animals; Segmented filamentous bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; HOST; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030775106     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80010-0     Document Type: Article

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