Megaplasmids in Thermus oshimai isolates from two widely separated geographical areas: Restriction fragment profiling and DNA homology

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 473-479

  Moreira, Leonilde M ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Megaplasmids; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; RFLP; Southern hybridization; Thermus oshimai

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA PURIFICATION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ICELAND; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS OSHIMAI;

EID: 0030778682     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050524     Document Type: Article

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