Design and application of four oligonucleotide probes specific for Thermus species

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 248-254

  Byers, Helen K ^a   Patel, Bharat ^b   Stackebrandt, Erko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australian Artesian Basin; Hot Spring; Oligonucleotide probe; rRNA; Thermophile; Thermus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CYTOLYSIS; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0030792464     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(97)80072-0     Document Type: Article

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